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Scott PowersJanuary 3, 2017

NASA has extended additional flight contracts to the two private companies hired to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station and reported that the first such flight now is expected no earlier than May, 2018. In an announcement made Tuesday, NASA reported that Boeing and SpaceX now each will be hired to run […]

Scott PowersOctober 13, 2016

The Atlas V rockets that would blast American astronauts into space in a couple of years will be wearing a skirt. United Launch Alliance and Boeing announced Wednesday they have created a new configuration of the venerable Atlas V rocket to eliminate an aerodynamic stability problem identified with carrying Boeing’s Starliner Crew Capsule during launch […]

Scott PowersMarch 31, 2016

The two companies NASA hired to carry astronauts from the United States to the International Space Station won’t be doing so officially until 2018 but are expected to have test flights with humans aboard next year, a top NASA official said Thursday. NASA Chief Financial Officer David Radzanowski told the NASA Advisory Council that the space […]

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NASA hires SpaceX, Boeing for more astronaut flights, pushes first to May 2018

ULA unveils new configuration for Atlas V rocket to carry astronauts

NASA: SpaceX, Boeing to privately launch astronauts in test flights next year