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...
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 2021
Branson plans space trip ahead of rival Bezos
... it to space before Bezos, who proclaimed in early June that he and his brother would be part of the first crewed flight aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard launch vehicle on 20 July. Bezos made announcements of his own yesterday when...
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...
18 September 2020
NASA chiefs hint that Artemis will land at Apollo site, not lunar poles
... land on the Moon in 2024; Artemis II is the first crewed flight test of the Space Launch System and is targeted for launch ...Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. Artemis II is the first crewed flight test of the Space Launch System and is targeted for launch...
10 March 2021
Russia and China agree to build joint international lunar base
... of the 2020s, Russia is feeling the strain of diminishing rocket contracts after Roscosmos lost its monopoly for crewed flights to the International Space Station (ISS) last year. After nearly a decade of relying on Soyuz seats to get its...
