20 September 2021
SpaceX all-civilian crew completes historic orbital mission
... extreme heat up to 3,500 degrees F during reentry. "Dragon itself is an extremely intelligent vehicle that is largely autonomous ... so the crew really just has to sit back and enjoy the flight," Andy Tran, SpaceX's avionics production supervisor...
23 June 2024
NASA postpones Starliner's crew return amid thruster concerns
... July, raising questions among more outspoken commentators as to whether its crew of two Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will need to be offered... away, performing a de-orbit burn, separating the crew capsule from the service module, and then flying ...
16 August 2019
SNC remains optimistic about crewed Dream Chaser
... development, and eventually flights, on Boeing's Starliner and SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsules. SNC came back about year later and won ... The $14 billion is split among three companies. A crewed version of Dream Chaser isn't necessarily off the table ...
19 July 2021
Blue Origin ready for first crewed New Shepard launch 20 July
... systems, including hardware, software, procedures and launch crew readiness," Blue Origin lead flight director Steve Lanius ... July. During his flight on the VSS Unity, Branson and crew reached an altitude of 87 kilometres (53.5 miles); a height that...
07 June 2021
Bezos to join auction winner on first crewed New Shepard flight
... Club for the Future, that supports STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education activities. More crewed flights before the end of the year are expected said Cornell back in May but she remained...
January 2021
Medical professionals and long-duration spaceflight
... inclusion of a doctor on the team should be seen as ‘normal’, not least because of the positive effect it will have on crew stress levels. The essence of the medical professional’s contribution to space missions is becoming ever more urgent in the...
