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...
20 January 2020
SpaceX complete final major flight test of crew spacecraft
... that need to be completed prior to NASA astronauts flying the system during SpaceX’s Demo-2 mission. NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is working with the American aerospace industry as companies develop and operate a new generation of spacecraft and...
01 June 2020
SpaceX's Crew Dragon docks at ISS
...After reaching orbit, Behnken and Hurley named their Crew Dragon spacecraft “Endeavour” as a tribute to the... Demo-2, is an end-to-end test to validate the SpaceX crew transportation system, including launch, in-orbit, docking and landing operations...
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...
February 2019
A universal spaceship design concept
... design offers a way to generate an artificial gravity that allows crew members to walk upright along the inner side surfaces. As far... basic, standard design for a new generation of crewed spacecraft that supports extended long-term missions. This ...
