13 November 2020
NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission gets ready for launch tomorrow
... and all of our suppliers who worked incredibly hard to develop, test, and fly the first commercial human spaceflight system in history to be certified by NASA,” said SpaceX boss Elon Musk. “This is a great honor that inspires confidence...
August 2016
Fireflies and saucers
... flight in 1962. He made America’s first manned Earth-orbital spaceflight completing three orbits of Earth. “It all started when I saw... joke by NASA astronaut Cady Coleman during her first spaceflight (STS-73) didn’t preclude her from a further Space...
March 2017
Space is open for business
... explain how they can get involved. The opportunities are unlimited,” said David Parker, ESA Director of Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration. “We all have to take advantage of the amazing thing we have created in the International Space...
June 2019
Space industry prime directive
... to ensure that we were going to get a human spaceflight vehicle that would meet our safety standards. It took... still a significant part of the NASA family - particularly in human spaceflight - that is not ready for the next step which is actually...
May 2022
China’s international collaboration in space: an evolving approach from the Middle Kingdom
...forward, however, China has its eyes on using even more rarefied space infrastructure for international collaboration: human spaceflight, interplanetary missions and research bases on the Moon. Superview series of satellites, Triplesat and Changguang...
12 March 2015
Russian space agency endorses ISS until 2024
... Russian space agency’s website said a meeting of the Roscosmos science and technical council considered Russia’s future human spaceflight plans, favoring the continued use of the International Space Station until 2024. Then Russia plans to remove...
