27 May 2020
SpaceX historic Demo-2 launch delayed by weather
... to go, the launch that would have propelled Elon Musk and his Crew Dragon capsule into the history books had to be scrapped due to ominous... proceeded as planned and with 30 minutes to go Crew Dragon’s launch escape system was armed while rocket grade...
05 November 2021
Blue Origin loses NASA lawsuit over SpaceX lunar lander contract
...well in the past with its Commercial Crew Programme; of the two competitors selected to provide crew transportation services to and from the International... Space Station (ISS), only SpaceX’s Crew Dragon has made it to the orbital station...
10 June 2019
NASA opens ISS to space tourists
... a competitive market, NASA initially is making available five percent of the agency’s annual allocation of crew resources and cargo capability, including 90 hours of crew time and 175 kilograms of cargo launch capability, but will limit the amount...
08 January 2018
Dream Chaser passes major NASA milestone
...program is on target to resupply the International Space Station from 2020, as part of its contract with NASA’s Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCAP) program. Owned and operated by Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), the Dream Chaser spacecraft...
10 February 2020
Two critical software defects plagued Starliner test flight
...fired in the wrong sequence, sending it back into the crew module and possibly triggering a problematic collision of the two ...is a piece of a cylinder, to come away from the crew module and recontact, or bump back into it," Jim Chilton, senior...
13 April 2020
Russia to cut launch rates after price war with SpaceX
... 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...
