Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon crew capsules on track for back-to-back launches
NASA Commercial Crew partners Boeing and SpaceX are taking big steps towards two unique flight tests of their respective Starliner…
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SpaceX Crew Dragon tests SuperDraco rocket engines in new slow-mo video
SpaceX has released a rare video from one of its slow-motion engineering cameras, showing off a Crew Dragon capsule performing…
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NASA snubbed SpaceX, common sense to overpay Boeing for astronaut launches, says audit
A detailed government audit has revealed that NASA went out of its way to overpay Boeing for its Commercial Crew…
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SpaceX fires up redesigned Crew Dragon as NASA reveals SuperDraco thruster “flaps”
On November 13th, SpaceX revealed that a planned static fire test of a Crew Dragon's powerful abort thrusters was completed…
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SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft set to static fire SuperDraco abort thrusters after delays
Originally scheduled for early November, SpaceX now plans to static fire a Crew Dragon capsule's SuperDraco abort thrusters no earlier…
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Boeing Starliner abort test (mostly) a success as SpaceX nears Crew Dragon static fire
On November 4th, Boeing completed a crucial pad abort test of its reusable Starliner spacecraft, successful in spite of an…
4 years ago
SpaceX says Crew Dragon parachute upgrade nailed more than a dozen tests in a row
According to SpaceX, Crew Dragon's upgraded 'Mk3' parachutes have successfully completed more than a dozen tests in a row, a…
4 years ago
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon explosion response praised by NASA in new briefing
During a recent NASA council meeting, SpaceX's response to a Crew Dragon capsule's April 20th explosion was repeatedly praised by…
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon astronaut launch debut a step closer after SuperDraco milestone
Photos published by SpaceX reveal that the company has begun to outfit its first astronaut-capable Crew Dragon spacecraft with its…
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon abort test gets closer to launch with SuperDraco static fires
SpaceX has posted a video showing the static fire test of a pod of Crew Dragon SuperDraco abort thrusters, indicating…
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SpaceX on track with Crew Dragon program despite thin NASA budget
On Thursday (Oct. 10th) NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and NASA Demo-2 astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug…
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SpaceX’s astronaut launch debut Crew Dragon capsule shown off in first public photos
As part of a last-second media event at SpaceX's Hawthorne, CA rocket factory and headquarters, members of the media were…
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NASA administrator set to tour SpaceX’s rocket, spaceship factory with Elon Musk
In quick succession, an October 3rd conversation between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine culminated in the…
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, Falcon 9 likely ready for astronaut launch debut in 10 weeks, says Musk
According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket meant to support the company's first-ever…
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SpaceX, NASA test escape zipline ahead of Crew Dragon’s astronaut launch debut
As part of continued preparations ahead of SpaceX's Demonstration-2 mission (DM-2) that will debut Crew Dragon's ability to support astronaut…
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SpaceX’s ‘In-Flight Abort’ Crew Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 booster arrive in Florida
Approaching its second month between launches, SpaceX Falcon 9 boosters and their associated payloads continue to arrive in Florida in…
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NASA head calls out SpaceX CEO Elon Musk over Starship event in bizarre statement
Roughly 24 hours before SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was scheduled to present an update on the company's Starship launch vehicle…
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SpaceX aims to ship two new Crew Dragon spacecraft to Florida in the next two months
Speaking in an interview with CNN shortly after presenting an update on Starship, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the…
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SpaceX aims to launch critical Crew Dragon abort test before the end of 2019
SpaceX has applied for an FCC Special Temporary Authority license to authorize rocket communications during what is likely Crew Dragon's…
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is pushing the envelope of parachute engineering, says NASA
On September 17th, a NASA blog post praised the progress SpaceX has made with Crew Dragon's parachute system, indicating that…
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