NASA and Commercial Partners Review Summer of Advancements, NASA “NASA’s spaceflight experts in the Commercial Crew Program (CCP) met throughout July with aerospace partners to review increasingly advanced designs, elements […]
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NASA Releases Commercial Spaceflight Report
NASA Provides Updated Commercial Spaceflight Report, SpaceRef Business “NASA has released its 14th 60 day Commercial Spaceflight Report. The bi-monthly report outlines the progress of NASA’s commercial crew and cargo […]
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SpaceX Meets Important CCiCap Milestones
NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Completes Two Human-Critical Reviews, SpaceRef Business “Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., recently completed two milestones for NASA’s Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) […]
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ULA Completes Dual Engine Centaur PDR for CCiCap
United Launch Alliance Completes Dual Engine Centaur Preliminary Design Review and Development Testing in Support of Commercial Crew Program, ULA “United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review […]
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The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel is Confused
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases Annual Report “This report is based on the panel’s 2012 fact-finding and quarterly public meetings; center visits and meetings; direct observations of NASA operations and […]
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Boeing Establishes Baseline Configuration for CST-100
Boeing Establishes Baseline Configuration of Commercial Crew Transportation System “Boeing and NASA recently established the firm baseline configuration for the company’s Commercial Crew Transportation System, achieving the first performance milestone […]
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Commercial Crew integrated Capability Winners Announced
NASA to Announce New Agreements for Next Phase of Commercial Crew Development “NASA will issue a news release to announce new agreements with industry partners for its Commercial Crew integrated […]
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CCiCap Announcement Coming Soon
Marc’s note: The announcement of who will get selected for the next round of CCiCap could be as early as later this week, though more likely next week. The question […]
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SpaceX and CCiCap Rumour
Marc’s note: There is a rumour circulating that SpaceX had pulled itself out of the running for CCiCap funding. I have confirmed with SpaceX that this rumour is false.
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ATK Liberty Updates
ATK Makes Progress with the Liberty Launch System, Commercial Space Watch (With video) “In a trio of media releases ATK announced today that is has signed a deal with NanoRacks, […]