April 2020
Reviving Russia’s space programme
... arriving at the end of 2019. The retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011, and American slowness in making replacement Starliner and Dragon spacecraft flightworthy, meant a ten-year stream of dollars for Russia from delivering astronauts to the...
19 August 2016
It's a Lovely Day for a Spacewalk: New IDA Installation Nears Completion
..., both Boeing and SpaceX are planning to send astronauts to the ISS in 2017, using the CST-100 Starline and Crew Dragon, respectively. The adapter is designed to be used by any future spacecraft from commercial vehicles to other...
16 August 2019
SNC remains optimistic about crewed Dream Chaser
... to free the US from relying on Russia to fly astronauts, NASA instead funded development, and eventually flights, on Boeing's Starliner and SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsules. SNC came back about year later and won an undisclosed share...
11 November 2020
Senate deals major blow to Bridenstine’s Moon ambitions
... a social-media tiff with Elon Musk over priorities; the nearly disastrous uncrewed test flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule; and a popular surge in private-sector contracts for lunar exploration. When first asked to approve Bridenstine...
05 November 2021
Blue Origin loses NASA lawsuit over SpaceX lunar lander contract
... 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 decision – an outcome that was put down to funding issues – did...
26 October 2021
Blue Origin and Sierra Space announce development of a commercial space station
..., capable of landing on runways worldwide. Boeing – Science module, station operations, maintenance engineering, and Starliner crew spacecraft. Redwire Space – Microgravity research, development, and manufacturing; payload operations and deployable...
