19 July 2021
Blue Origin ready for first crewed New Shepard launch 20 July
... executive and founder and Somerset Capital Partners. He was one of the bidders for a seat on the first crewed flight but lost out to an anonymous bidder who paid a reported $28 million at the auction. After a “scheduling conflict” prevented...
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.”
06 June 2024
NASA troubleshoots helium leaks after Starliner launch
...of Boeing's major objectives, setting the stage for the crew test flight. But in 2023 it was discovered that Boeing had ...cost Boeing nearly $1.5 billion from its own coffers. The Crew Flight Test of Starliner comes more than four years after SpaceX ...
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...
