04 August 2018
First NASA Commercial Crew revealed
... astronauts are set to fly to low Earth orbit in Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon vehicles as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Following the retirement of the shuttle, US astronauts have been hitching a ride to the...
22 November 2019
NASA and Boeing celebrate roll out of Starliner despite dispute over costs
.... It's time to deliver,” wrote Jim Bridenstine, NASA’s big chief via Twitter. Nonetheless, SpaceX have already performed the first test flight of its Crew Dragon spacecraft, when it headed to the ISS in March for a week-long stay before...
13 April 2020
Russia to cut launch rates after price war with SpaceX
... Space Station; seats that reportedly cost $70 million each. That is set to change when SpaceX’s Crew Dragon takes to the skies with its first crewed flight, known as Demo 2, which is planned for launch in May 2020. The company’s first...
04 August 2021
Starliner launch delayed indefinitely following "valve" problems
... under a contract with NASA’s Commercial Crew Programme. The space agency is also funding SpaceX under the same deal to work on its Crew Dragon astronaut shuttle service. But while Crew Dragon has already performed a successful mission to the...
20 December 2019
Trouble for Starliner's inaugural flight as burn maneouver fails
...their next maneouver.” The Starliner – Boeings answer to SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Capsule – was supposed to reach the International Space ...it actually was. 14:44 GMT; Bridenstine: If we had had crew in there they would have been safe, and had they been...
20 March 2020
SpaceX plans first crewed flight to ISS in May
... from home. The launch is considered the final test of SpaceX's crewed system, including docking, splashdown and recovery, before SpaceX is certified to conduct regular flights to the space station. SpaceX has made the trip 15 times since 2012, but...
