April 2018
Developing Mars
... outbound craft. From Omaha Trail to Omaha Shield A system for continuous shielding offers crews the liberating possibility of an ‘unlimited Mars career’ Crewed flights, which have a further need for shielding against cosmic rays, would also benefit...
28 February 2017
The future is here: Elon Musk announces commercial flights to the Moon
... the cost for each individual, he did say that a seat on the flight costs more than a ticket to the ISS, currently running $58 million. Crewed flights have not gone beyond low Earth orbit since the 1972 Apollo...
22 November 2019
NASA and Boeing celebrate roll out of Starliner despite dispute over costs
...’ll be equipped with hundreds of sensors that will return critical data to the Starliner team ahead of the first crewed flight. They’ll be especially interested in the forces she experiences through launch, ascent, re-entry and landing.”
20 January 2020
SpaceX complete final major flight test of crew spacecraft
... we can’t wait to take a ride to the space station soon.” Prior to the flight test, teams completed launch day procedures for the first crewed flight test, from suit-up to launch pad operations. The joint teams now will...
23 December 2019
Starliner lands successfully despite problems during inaugural flight
... to American soil.” The Starliner that landed today will be refurbished for Boeing’s first operational crewed mission, following the Crew Flight Test. NASA astronaut Suni Williams, who will fly on that mission, dubbed the spacecraft “Calypso...
June 2020
Astrovan II - your ride to space is here
... astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann on the first crewed flight test of the new spacecraft. While Ferguson has an... DC. As the new Astrovan II was built specifically as a crew transfer vehicle for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, it incorporates Boeing’s...
