Tag: Crew Dragon

  • NASA presses Congress for more commercial crew funding

    —

    by

    starpathwp-production
    in

    NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden speaks to reporters during a Jan. 26 press conference at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz The Obama administration has requested more than $1.2 billion from congressional appropriators next year to meet NASA’s funding commitments for Boeing and SpaceX’s commercial crew ferry spacecraft, and anything less could delay…

  • SpaceX nears pad abort test for human-rated Dragon capsule

    —

    by

    starpathwp-production
    in

    SpaceX has released this photo of the Dragon spacecraft for the pad abort test. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX is finishing up preparations for a major test of a rocket-powered abort system for the company’s new Dragon crew ferry spacecraft, targeting launch from Cape Canaveral in March after a pair of Falcon 9 missions in February. The…

  • SpaceX confirms first Crew Dragon flights will return to ocean landings

    —

    by

    starpathwp-production
    in

    File photo of SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule descending under its three main parachutes. Credit: SpaceX The human-rated Crew Dragon spacecraft being developed by SpaceX will return to Earth under parachutes for splashdowns in the ocean, and not execute helicopter-like propulsive touchdowns on land, a SpaceX official confirmed Monday. SpaceX unveiled the Crew Dragon spaceship —…

  • Boeing, SpaceX on track for commercial crew flights to station in 2017

    —

    by

    starpathwp-production
    in

    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo of the International Space Station as seen by a space shuttle crew in 2010. Credit: NASA NASA expects to spend some $5 billion underwriting development of commercial spacecraft built by Boeing and SpaceX to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station, officials…

  • NASA outlines why it passed over Sierra Nevada

    —

    by

    starpathwp-production
    in

    A prototype of Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser space plane conducted a taxi and approach and landing test campaign in 2013 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Another landing test is planned for March. Credit: NASA NASA cited the complexity of Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser space plane and an uncertainty of when the proposed crew transport…

  • GAO reaffirms NASA’s commercial crew decision

    —

    by

    starpathwp-production
    in

    Boeing’s CST-100 spacecraft (left) and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule (right) will carry U.S. astronauts between Earth and the International Space Station. Credit: Boeing/SpaceX/Spaceflight Now The U.S. Government Accountability Office has denied a protest filed by Sierra Nevada Corp. challenging NASA’s selection of competitors Boeing and SpaceX to build commercial human-rated space capsules to fly astronauts…

  • 2014’s top stories in spaceflight

    —

    by

    starpathwp-production
    in

    The year ended with a deluge of big news, reminding us of the risks of spaceflight and the thin margins between success and failure on the final frontier. 2014 was also a year of breakthroughs in the exploration of the solar system and the future of human spaceflight. The Spaceflight Now editorial team has ranked…