06 February 2020
Record-setting astronaut Christina Koch and crewmates return from ISS
..., along with Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency). The trio departed the International Space Station at 12:50 am EST and made a safe, parachute-assisted landing...
20 March 2020
SpaceX plans first crewed flight to ISS in May
... and SpaceX officially announced on Wednesday that the first crewed launch from the United States to the International Space Station is planned for mid-May. The entrepreneur's company will launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Complex 39A at NASA...
18 April 2020
SpaceX announces date of its first crewed flight to ISS
... milestone for SpaceX’s human spaceflight system to be certified by NASA for operational crew missions to and from the International Space Station. Once Demo-2 is complete, and the SpaceX and NASA teams have reviewed all the data for...
12 October 2016
NASA to move ahead with plans for private ISS modules
... NASA's NextSTEP award this year. Ixion plans to study the conversion of a Centaur upper stage into a commercial International Space Station module. According to the latest statement, NASA hopes that the modules will support long-term crewed...
13 October 2017
Moon Express and NanoRacks sign alliance for Moon missions
... for a return mission to the lunar surface. NanoRacks on the other hand, operates on the International Space Station (ISS) via a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s U.S. National Labs. NanoRacks is under contract with NASA to work on a comprehensive...
01 March 2019
Crew Dragon gets ready for first liftoff
... that the launch proceeds as scheduled on Saturday, then Crew Dragon will be on target to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday around 6 a.m. EST (11:00 GMT). Although a flight readiness review (FRR) has been completed by SpaceX...
