10 March 2021
Russia and China agree to build joint international lunar base
... its astronauts into space, the US space agency is now able to transport its crew via SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, which it formally certified for commercial human spaceflight in November 2020. NASA has signed up for six crewed...
13 August 2021
Stuck valves keep Starliner grounded, August flight now unlikely
... be delayed by several months, as other vehicles are lining up to use the launch pad. These include a SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule set for launch 28 August and NASA’s robotic science probe Lucy. Lucy, which is the first...
05 November 2021
Blue Origin loses NASA lawsuit over SpaceX lunar lander contract
... 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, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft still remains grounded. NASA’s HLS...
04 November 2022
NASA’s climate change mineral dust detector
... more about how deserts and arid regions affect climate. Flown to the ISS on 14 July aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule, EMIT was installed on the Space Station's truss a week later and made its first...
06 June 2024
NASA troubleshoots helium leaks after Starliner launch
... comes more than four years after SpaceX launched its first astronaut missions using its Crew Dragon spacecraft. Both companies won multi-billion dollar contracts from NASA to provide transporter craft for its...
23 June 2024
NASA postpones Starliner's crew return amid thruster concerns
... NASA decided not to risk a crewed return flight they would have the option of commissioning a dedicated SpaceX Dragon mission to pick them up from the ISS. Such a move would not look good from a PR perspective for...
