Tag: Commercial Crew
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NASA, Boeing managers admit problems with Starliner software verification
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 6 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT) after NASA and Boeing media teleconference. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of the Starliner service module (top) separating from the Starliner crew module before re-entry. Credit: Boeing Two software errors detected after launch of a Boeing Starliner crew ship during an unpiloted test…
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Koch heads home after record-setting mission
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Christina Koch, Soyuz commander Alexander Skvortsov and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano sit inside the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft for pre-landing checks. Credit: NASA Christina Koch, veteran of six spacewalks outside the International Space Station — including the first all-female excursion — will join a Russian commander…
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SpaceX releases preliminary results from Crew Dragon abort test
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Jan. 25 with change in description of trigger setting. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule is offloaded from the company’s recovery ship, Go Searcher, after returning to Port Canaveral on Jan. 19 following an in-flight launch escape demonstration. Credit: SpaceX Data from the Jan. 19 in-flight launch escape demonstration of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft indicate…
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Photos: Crew Dragon returns to port after in-flight abort test
The Crew Dragon spacecraft arrives at Port Canaveral on Jan. 19, 2020, after SpaceX’s in-flight abort test. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now Loaded onto a SpaceX recovery ship, the Crew Dragon capsule that performed a successful in-flight abort test Sunday over Florida’s Space Coast pulled into Port Canaveral hours later after being retrieved from…
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SpaceX aces final major test before first crew mission
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster disintegrated in a fireball — as expected — a few seconds after the Crew Dragon capsule fired away from the top of the rocket in an in-flight escape demonstration Sunday. Credit: Spaceflight Now SpaceX performed a dramatic high-altitude test flight Sunday of the company’s Crew Dragon capsule over Florida’s Space Coast,…
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Photos: SpaceX purposely fails rocket to test crew capsule safety system
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Jan. 21 with additional photos. Credit: Katie Darby SpaceX simulated an in-flight emergency Sunday to verify the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft has the capability to catapult itself away from a failing Falcon 9 rocket. The in-flight abort test demonstrated the human-rated capsule can safely and rapidly fly away from a Falcon 9 rocket…
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SpaceX will trigger an intentional rocket failure to prove crew capsule’s safety
Illustration of the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 rocket during the company’s uncrewed In-Flight Abort Test for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. This demonstration test of Crew Dragon’s launch escape capabilities is designed to provide valuable data toward NASA certifying SpaceX’s crew transportation system for carrying astronauts to and from the International Space Station. SpaceX…
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SpaceX conducts successful Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test
SpaceX successfully launched a unique Falcon 9 rocket at LC-39A for the in-flight abort test of their Crew Dragon spacecraft. The uncrewed test flight saw the spacecraft demonstrate its ability to escape a failing rocket mid-flight. Sunday’s launch occurred at 10:30 AM Eastern, with a successful test resulting in the safe splashdown of the Dragon…
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Pending test outcomes, NASA says SpaceX could launch astronauts in early March
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 6 a.m. EST (1100 GMT) Saturday with abort test launch delay. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley inside SpaceX’s crew access arm early Friday at launch pad 39A, where they participated in a dry run of their suit-up activities and movements before their launch on a Crew Dragon spacecraft later this…
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Live coverage: SpaceX successfully performs Crew Dragon abort test
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”NASA TV”] [tabby title=”SpaceX Webcast”] [tabbyending] NASA TV coverage of the SpaceX In-Flight Abort Test begins around 15 minutes prior to liftoff,…