commercial crew program
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Boeing Completes Dramatic Abort Test Of Spacecraft That Could Take Astronauts To The ISS
NASA’s Commercial Crew Development program hit a key milestone Monday following an apparently successful abort test of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, in which the module reached 650 miles per hour (1,046 km/h) in just 5 seconds.
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NASA Abruptly Reassigns Top Human Exploration Program Officials As Trump Moon Mandate Looms
NASA’s longtime associate administrator for its human exploration program, William Gerstenmaier, has been re-assigned to be a special adviser to NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard in what seems like a fairly clear demotion, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.
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Failed SpaceX Parachute Test Is Yet Another Setback For NASA’s Crew Program
A recent parachute test of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule “was not satisfactory”, a NASA official said during a House subcommittee hearing yesterday. Few details were disclosed, but it’s now looking even less likely that NASA will have the capability to fly astronauts to space anytime soon.
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Test Mission Of SpaceX Crew Dragon Ends With Successful Splashdown In The Atlantic
SpaceX’s new commercial astronaut capsule, the Crew Dragon, has completed its first test flight, falling into the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday morning.