Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer at SpaceX and a former Wash100 winner, told reporters the company wants to send astronauts to space by May, CNBC reported Tuesday. Read more
NASA plans to extend the Demo-2 crewed mission to the International Space Station for months as part of a long-duration test flight, SpaceNews reported Monday. Read more
SpaceX has shipped its Crew Dragon spacecraft to Cape Canaveral in preparation for an initial manned test with NASA, Engadget reported Saturday. Read more
William Gerstenmaier, former associate administrator of NASA's human exploration and operations mission directorate, has been appointed a consultant for the reliability engineering group... Read more
SpaceX has completed a hot-fire test for a Falcon 9 rocket that will support a scheduled in-flight abort test for the Crew Dragon spacecraft, Space.com reported Sunday. Read more
SpaceX performed the 10th consecutive test of its Mark 3 parachute design for the Crew Dragon spacecraft, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. Read more
NASA plans to launch the flight test of the Crew Dragon spacecraft with SpaceX in December or later from NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A. Read more
SpaceX has finished a wave of static fire tests on the Crew Dragon spacecraft’s engines in preparation for an upcoming in-flight abort demonstration. Read more
SpaceX has completed the 13th test for its parachute system designed to support the Crew Dragon spacecraft’s landing operations, Tech Crunch reported Monday. Read more
SpaceX plans to perform a static fire test of its Crew Dragon capsule on Nov. 2 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, CNBC reported Thursday. Read more
Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator and a 2019 Wash100 winner, said he thinks spacecraft from Boeing and SpaceX could be ready to fly astronauts as soon as the first quarter of 2020, CNBC re... Read more
Boeing and SpaceX have announced plans to conduct flight tests of their commercial crew vehicles before the end of 2019, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. Read more
NASA may request for an extension of the testing of SpaceX’s emergency escape system, which was designed for the Dragon spacecraft, in the middle of an expiring deal with Russia, Spaceflight... Read more
SpaceX conducted a static fire test for its Falcon 9 rocket, which will be used to launch two astronauts onboard the Crew Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, CNET reported Fri... Read more
SpaceX, NASA Aim to Launch Crewed Flight Demo in May
SpaceX and NASA plan to test the Crew Dragon spacecraft by sending two astronauts to the International Space Station this May. Read more