Collins Aerospace has been selected to manufacture components for the life support platform of the Crew Space Transportation-100 Starliner spacecraft Boeing is building through NASA's Co... Read more
Boeing and NASA reached an agreement to extend the duration of the first crewed test flight of the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station. Read more
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the company may use SuperDraco abort thrusters to safely land Crew Dragon in the event of a parachute malfunction, Teslarati reported Sunday. Read more
A SpaceX crew capsule has returned to Earth after a five-day stay at the International Space Station as part of NASA's Demo-1 uncrewed flight test, Florida Today reported Friday. Read more
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft docked with the International Space Station’s Harmony module forward port on Sunday following its launch aboard the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from NASA”s Kenn... Read more
Boeing has started preparations for the flight demonstration of its CST-100 Starliner crew capsule in April and for a pad abort test in the following month as part of NASA's Commercial C... Read more
NASA and SpaceX announced plans to launch on March 2 the first unmanned test flight of the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. The space agency said Friday t... Read more
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is now slated to launch on March 2 for its Demo-1 uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station following extended assessments, hardware testing, da... Read more
SpaceX conducted a static fire test of the Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft Thursday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Space.com reported Friday. Read more
The SpaceX Demo-1 uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station has been pushed back once again to make room for additional hardware testing and reviews. NASA and SpaceX have yet t... Read more
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 Florida following the completion of a seri... Read more
Aerojet Rocketdyne has produced and delivered engines that Boeing will integrate into spacecraft the latter company is building under NASA‘s Commercial Crew Program. Boeing will instal... Read more
Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator of human exploration and operations at NASA, has said the agency is considering crew rotation missions as one option to address a schedule gap that... Read more
Sierra Nevada Corp. has achieved a contractual milestone with NASA for the company-built Dream Chaser spacecraft after a test vehicle completed a free-flight test in November. SNC said Frida... Read more
SpaceX Preps Crew Dragon Spacecraft for Two Test Flights by Year’s End
SpaceX is preparing two Crew Dragon capsules for separate test flights by the year’s end following a failed in-flight abort test last April, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday. Read more