All three of the main contenders competing to return domestic crew launch capability to the United States are making good progress via the latest progress reports to the Commercial Crew Program (CCP). Boeing’s CST-100 and SNC’s Dream Chaser both passed new milestones recently, while SpaceX prepare for a pad abort test for the crewed version of their Dragon spacecraft.
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Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) successfully completed another key milestone for their Commercial Crew Integrated Capability…
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As had been expected, Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser ETA (Engineering Test Article) spacecraft successfully…
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Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser ETA (Engineering Test Article) may have successfully passed the key…
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Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser ETA (Engineering Test Article) conducted her maiden flight at the…
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SpaceX provided another glimpse into their future ambitions by announcing they have completed a review…
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Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser ETA (Engineering Test Article) is just days away from its…
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Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) have completed the opening salvo of tow tests on their Dream…
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In a recent presentation to the human exploration and operations committee of the NASA Advisory…
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NASA administrator Charlie Bolden emphasized the need for Congress to fully support funding for the…
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USCV-1: NASA planners slip first ISS commercial crew mission to late 2017
by Chris BerginThe first NASA crew to ride to the International Space Station on a commercial spacecraft…
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With all three Commercial Crew partners providing a status update at the Kennedy Space Center…
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Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) are in the process of creating a test flight schedule that…
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Although no longer a leading contender to fly NASA astronauts to the International Space Station…
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The famous Atlas rocket continues to show it’s ready to once again launch humans into…
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As the United Launch Alliance (ULA) look forward to a potential surge in activity later…
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The removal of work stands in Orbiter Processing Facility -3 (OPF-3) will begin next week,…
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With the two of the three Commercial Crew integrated Capability (CCiCap) funding initiatives awarded to…
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The lifting body concept – made famous by the Space Shuttle and now living on…
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NASA’s Commercial Crew integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative award winners were announced on Friday, with SpaceX,…