06 October 2016
Blue Origin New Shepard abort system test successful
... abort system. On October 5 th, 2016, the crew capsule and the propulsion module had both safely landed at ...webcast, ““Today’s mission is totally focused on a successful crew capsule escape with the understanding that the booster will likely be...
June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
.... Human dependability Human dependability is about the contribution of a crew member in a space system to safety and reliability. Machines... method. It was validated in a case study on crew-ground interactions at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) and...
06 July 2016
The next trio of intrepid explorers head to the ISS
...the spacecraft’s solar arrays. The newly arrived Expedition 48-49 crew will be greeted by Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams of...and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and together, the crew members will continue the several hundred experiments in biology...
23 December 2019
New launch target for SpaceX abort test
.... SpaceX must get NASA’s approval to transport humans aboard Crew Dragon and this in-flight test of the capsule’s launch-... same thing from happening again. SpaceX also had to redesign the Crew Dragon’s parachutes in 2019 after a test in which one of ...
02 August 2020
SpaceX’s historic Demo-2 mission ends with a splash
... shuttle each astronaut had flown aboard. Nearly 19 hours later, Crew Dragon docked to the forward port of the International Space Station...about six weeks. The goal of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is safe, reliable and cost-effective transportation ...
07 April 2017
Astronauts can zip to safety with new Emergency Egress System (EES) from ULA
... be able to evacuate to a landing zone in as little as 53 seconds, say ULA. And, by allowing up to 20 personnel including ground crew and flight crew to evacuate at once, there will be no standing in line waiting for it to become free. Boeing and ULA...
