22 April 2019
Anomaly during SpaceX test could delay its first crewed flight
... test, other than to lead delays to NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (NCCP). Following the incident, SpaceX were quick to...the necessary adjustments and safely move forward with our Commercial Crew Program." Incidents abound for NASA’s NCCP at the moment...
17 January 2020
SpaceX's last critical test before crewed flights begin
... test, which has a four-hour launch window, will demonstrate Crew Dragon’s ability to safely escape the Falcon 9 rocket, therefore ...during a normal ascent. SpaceX will then intentionally trigger Crew Dragon to perform the launch escape prior to 1 ...
02 August 2020
Crew Dragon are on their way home
.... These activities are a part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, which has been working with the U.S. aerospace... The test flight also is helping NASA certify SpaceX’s crew transportation system for regular flights carrying astronauts to and from...
16 November 2020
SpaceX launches four astronauts to ISS
... agency Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins of NASA. “It is an honor to have our Japanese astronaut launch on this Crew-1 Dragon as the first astronaut of the International Partner participating in the ISS program,” said Hiroshi Sasaki, JAXA...
04 August 2018
First NASA Commercial Crew revealed
...share $6.8 billion to develop transport systems to shuttle a crew back and fourth to the ISS. The final figures ...Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins will be SpaceX's pioneering ISS crew. Additional team members will be assigned by NASA’s international ...
22 May 2020
Countdown to SpaceX’s historic Crew Dragon launch
... on a private rocket, a SpaceX Falcon 9 currently in position on Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with the Crew Dragon capsule already alighted on top. NASA made the milestones possible by deciding to buy human space transportation...
