17 November 2020
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts arrive at the ISS
.... The welcome ceremony is targeted to begin about 1:40 am. Crew-1 is the first of six crewed missions that NASA and SpaceX will operate together as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Programme, a route that NASA foresees as a way to reduce the cost...
04 August 2021
Starliner launch delayed indefinitely following "valve" problems
... space station. Boeing is designing, building, testing and flying the CST-100 Starliner under a contract with NASA’s Commercial Crew Programme. The space agency is also funding SpaceX under the same deal to work on its...
10 February 2020
Two critical software defects plagued Starliner test flight
...joint investigation team consisting of NASA and Boeing officials was established... sending it back into the crew module and possibly triggering a problematic...Mulholland, vice president and program manager of Boeing's Starliner program, said during the ...
30 July 2021
Starliner OFT-2 launch delayed following problems with Nauka module at ISS
..., which would have been the second uncrewed flight test of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner as part of the NASA’s Commercial Crew Programme, is now scheduled for no earlier than Tuesday at 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 GMT). "Currently, launch teams are assessing the...
17 January 2020
SpaceX's last critical test before crewed flights begin
... crew access arm has been extended ahead of Saturday’s in-flight demonstration. Today a dress rehearsal with experienced NASA..., which has a four-hour launch window, will demonstrate Crew Dragon’s ability to safely escape the Falcon 9 rocket, therefore...
05 November 2021
Blue Origin loses NASA lawsuit over SpaceX lunar lander contract
... the past with its Commercial Crew Programme; of the two competitors selected to provide crew transportation services to and from...Government Accountability Office (GAO) to lodge their dissatisfaction. “In NASA’s own words, it has made a ‘high risk’ ...
