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...
04 August 2024
NASA faces sticky choice between Boeing and SpaceX for safe return of astronauts
... recent ground and spacecraft testing as they evaluate the Starliner spacecraft's propulsion system during NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test mission. “Teams are taking their time to analyse the results of recent docked hot-fire testing...
01 June 2020
SpaceX's Crew Dragon docks at ISS
... operations. This is SpaceX’s second spaceflight test of its Crew Dragon and its first test with astronauts aboard, and will pave the way for its certification for regular crew flights to the station as part of NASA’s Commercial...
02 July 2019
Orion spacecraft's launch abort test completed successfully
...test spacecraft and eliminating parachutes and related systems. NASA already qualified the parachute system for crewed flights through an extensive series of 17 developmental tests and eight qualification tests completed at the end of 2018. Engineers...
21 July 2021
Blue Origin launches four commercial astronauts to space and back
... step forward for us and is only the beginning.” Blue Origin expects to fly two more crewed flights this year, with many more crewed flights planned for 2022. If you are interested in securing your own window seat on a future...
