Report: Execs Say Boeing, SpaceX Crew Vehicles Can Meet NASA Safety Thresholds
Boeing and SpaceX executives have said they believe their commercial space vehicles can meet NASA’s “loss-of-crew” requirement and other safety thresh... Read more
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SpaceX, NASA Plan Crewed ‘Dragon’ Spacecraft Test Flight
NASA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX collaborate to finalize launch day operations for the planned April 2019 test flight of a company-built spaceship bu... Read more
NASA Names Astronauts to Crew Flight Tests, ISS Missions of Boeing, SpaceX Space Taxis; Leanne Caret Comments
NASA has named nine U.S. astronauts who will fly aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxis as part of the first crewed fl... Read more
SpaceX Rocket Sends 7th Iridium NEXT Satellite Batch to Orbit; Matt Desch Comments
Iridium Communications’ seventh batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites took off Wednesday aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base... Read more
NASA Starts Commissioning Tests for Northrop-Built Planet Hunter Satellite After SpaceX Launch
NASA has commenced the in-space commissioning test and adjustment period for a planet identification satellite in preparation for the start of space e... Read more
NASA Considers SpaceX’s BFR to Launch Telescope for Exoplanet Research
Yale University astronomy professor Dr. Debra Fischer said during the recent Exoplanets II conference that NASA is financially supporting a study that... Read more
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Wraps Up Thermal Vacuum Tests at NASA’s Plum Brook Station
Janet Kavandi, director of NASA’s Glenn Research Center, has said a SpaceX-built spacecraft has left the agency’s Ohio-based Plum Brook Station for Fl... Read more
SpaceX Modifies Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A for Dragon 2 Crew Launches
SpaceX is modifying the Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39A to launch crews of the Dragon 2 spacecraft, NASA Spaceflight reported Thursday. The compa... Read more
SpaceX Conducts 15th ISS Resupply Operation Under NASA Contract
SpaceX launched Friday a spacecraft that contains equipment NASA intends to aid activities onboard the International Space Station, including research... Read more
SpaceX Tests Pre-Flown Rocket for 15th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission Launch
SpaceX completed a static fire test of a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket booster Saturday at Cape Canaveral in Florida in preparation for the launch... Read more
