Despite the scheduled return of US domestic crew launch capability this year, NASA is set to purchase more rides on the Russian Soyuz through 2020. The agency is adhering to a recommendation from its Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) after concerns were raised about the lack of a back-up option covering the potential delays that could be suffered during a challenging test flight phase for Dragon 2 and Starliner.
Starliner
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Just five months after revealing the NASA astronauts who will fly the crewed test flights…
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Boeing/StarlinerCommercialSpaceX
Commercial Crew completes training and prepares flight hardware
October 29, 2018Teams from NASA, SpaceX, and the Department of Defense recently completed medical emergency training at…
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Boeing/StarlinerCommercialShuttleSpaceX
Thirty years after Return To Flight from Challenger, Commercial Crew strives for culture of safety
September 28, 2018Thirty years ago this weekend, after a two and a half year stand down and…
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Boeing/StarlinerCommercialSpaceX
NAC provides Starliner, Dragon 2 update – Commercial Crew preps entering final leg to launch
August 28, 2018SpaceX and Boeing continue to make steady progress towards the major flight tests under NASA’s…
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Boeing/StarlinerCommercial
Boeing’s Ferguson on Starliner – no touch screens, but far simpler than Shuttle
August 20, 2018Chris Ferguson, Director of Crew and Mission Operations for Boeing and a former NASA astronaut,…
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Boeing/StarlinerCommercialShuttleSpaceX
Commercial Crew assignments; NASA nears goal of human space transport innovation
August 3, 2018An announcement most have waited years for. NASA has officially announced the flight assignments for…
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Boeing/StarlinerCommercialSpaceX
ASAP reviews Boeing failure, positive SpaceX success ahead of Commercial Crew announcement
July 30, 2018As NASA prepares to provide updated launch date targets for the uncrewed and crewed Commercial…
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) has completed the Design Certification Review (DCR) for the Atlas V…
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Boeing is progressing through various stages of assembling the first three CST-100 Starliner spacecraft –…
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NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) still has a number of concerns over crew safety…
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With just one year to go until the scheduled completion of all uncrewed and crewed…
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CommercialISS
On Atlantis’ anniversary, USA’s future space fleet closing in on maiden flights
July 21, 2017The long-awaited return of American astronauts launching on US spacecraft, a capability last seen when…
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CommercialISS
Starliner meets milestones as ULA switches Atlas booster for maiden flight
July 13, 2017As Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner crew transportation vehicle for NASA continues to meet its processing milestones…
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ISSSpaceX
Commercial Crew providers making “significant progress” toward first flights
June 27, 2017As the mid-way point of 2017 arrives, both of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program service providers…
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CommercialISS
Commercial Crew on tight but achievable timeline for crewed flights in 2018
April 7, 2017The long and arduous process of achieving commercial crew transportation services to space is closing…
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An Emergency Egress System (EES) has completed its installation into the Crew Access Tower (CAT)…
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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is progressing through a series of parachute drop tests, refining the technology…
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With Dragon now returned to flight and safely berthed to the ISS, time is ticking…
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CommercialISS
Starliner Space Suit – a modified Boeing Blue version of ACES – revealed
January 25, 2017Boeing has revealed the space suit astronauts will wear on missions aboard the Starliner spacecraft.…