02 April 2021
SNC unveils plan to build its own commercial space station
... building the outpost, but hinted that it would be a small fraction of the $100 billion plus spent on the International Space Station. It would also be more roomy said John Ross, Sierra Nevada's vice president of development. “NASA has asked...
10 June 2019
NASA opens ISS to space tourists
...Boeing and SpaceX under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP). To accommodate this, NASA has expanded the International Space Station Utilization NASA Research Announcement (NRA) to assist U.S. Entities to pursue these missions. The announcement, made...
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...
01 April 2020
JAXA and NASA astronauts announced for first operational Crew Dragon flight
... mission, noting he was “currently preparing and training” for the flight, which will take him to the International Space Station (ISS) for six months. Meanwhile, NASA announced it has assigned astronaut Shannon Walker to the first operational...
29 July 2020
NASA announces astronauts to fly on SpaceX Crew-2 mission to ISS
...assigned crew members for Crew-2, which will be the second operational SpaceX Crew Dragon flight to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur will serve as spacecraft...
