13 October 2017
Moon Express and NanoRacks sign alliance for Moon missions
... for a return mission to the lunar surface. NanoRacks on the other hand, operates on the International Space Station (ISS) via a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s U.S. National Labs. NanoRacks is under contract with NASA to work on a comprehensive...
09 April 2018
Plans for first-ever luxury space hotel unveiled
.... This exclusive holiday destination will host up to six people at a time – including two crew members – on the modular space station, but it is not all about frivolities and superior views, as the company envisage that Aurora will have...
01 March 2019
Crew Dragon gets ready for first liftoff
... that the launch proceeds as scheduled on Saturday, then Crew Dragon will be on target to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday around 6 a.m. EST (11:00 GMT). Although a flight readiness review (FRR) has been completed by SpaceX...
10 June 2019
NASA opens ISS to space tourists
... SpaceX under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP). To accommodate this, NASA has expanded the International Space Station Utilization NASA Research Announcement (NRA) to assist U.S. Entities to pursue these missions. The announcement, made on Friday...
06 February 2020
Record-setting astronaut Christina Koch and crewmates return from ISS
..., along with Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency). The trio departed the International Space Station at 12:50 am EST and made a safe, parachute-assisted landing...
01 April 2020
JAXA and NASA astronauts announced for first operational Crew Dragon flight
...Shannon Walker to the first operational crewed flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station. Walker will join NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover Jr., as well as Soichi Noguchi of the Japan...
