10 March 2021
Russia and China agree to build joint international lunar base
... agency is now able to transport its crew via SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, which it formally certified for commercial human spaceflight in November 2020. NASA has signed up for six crewed missions with SpaceX as part of the agency's Commercial...
15 September 2021
SpaceX ready to launch private, all-civilian crew into Earth orbit
For the first time in 60 years of human spaceflight, a rocket is set to launch four people into ... International Space Station (ISS). This is significantly further than the spaceflights offered by Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin, which settle for the...
18 January 2022
First of 40 planned launches for China
... of Sciences (CAS) developed the Shiyan-13 satellite and the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) provided the launcher. The first in a series of Shiyan ... is completed, it will become the longest China human spaceflight mission to date.
24 August 2024
NASA formally abandons Starliner for crew return to Earth
... maintenance and Starliner system testing and data analysis. “Spaceflight is risky, even at its safest and most routine... meet the agency's safety and performance requirements for human spaceflight, thus prompting NASA leadership to move the astronauts...
20 September 2021
SpaceX all-civilian crew completes historic orbital mission
... successful conclusion of the first privately funded orbital spaceflight, led by billionaire philanthropist Jared Isaacman. He ...how the mission opened up a "whole new chapter in human spaceflight" because the public was able to see civilians in space...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
...Station (ISS). These are significant accomplishments as far as human spaceflight is concerned, but we have been trapped in the ... with challenges. Technical and political obstacles aside, humans travelling to Mars will need food, water, protective...
