Keith’s note: The NASA OIG has issued a report on Management of Commercial Crew – and they are concerned with a lot of things. Summary below.
Commercial Crew
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Starliner Launch Scrubbed (Update)
Keith’s 16 May note: The Starliner launch was scrubbed for tonight. There’s apparently an issue with a valve making the wrong noises in the Centaur upper stage. I do not […]
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NASAWatch on Deutsche Welle: DEMO-2 Splashdown
Pre-splashdown Keith Cowing · Deutsche Welle Interview With Keith Cowing Prior to SpaceX Splashdown Pre-splashdown Keith Cowing · Deutsche Welle Post-Splashdown Interview With NASAWatch Editor Keith Cowing
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Boeing Gets Second Crewed Mission to the ISS
NASA Orders Second Boeing Crew Mission to International Space “This is the third in a series of four guaranteed orders NASA will make under the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) […]
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Congress Kicks The Commercial Crew Can Down The Road
Congress, Don’t Make Us Hitch Rides With Russia. Love, NASA, Charlie Bolden via Wired “Saturday will mark 1,500 days since the Space Shuttle touched down for the final time. Grounding […]
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SpaceX Pad Abort Test Briefing
NASA Briefing: SpaceX Commercial Crew Pad Abort Test “A May 1 news briefing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, previewed the pad abort test of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, […]
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Why NASA Did Not Pick SNC (Updated)
NASA Releases Commercial Crew Source Selection Statement, SpaceRef “[HEOMD AA Bill Gerstenmaier]: On August 6, 2014, the Source Evaluation Board (SEB) appointed to evaluate proposals for the Commercial Crew Transportation […]
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Why Sierra Nevada Did Not Win Any Commercial Crew Funds
Why NASA Rejected Sierra Nevada’s Commercial Crew Vehicle, Aviation Week “The internal document, signed by NASA Associate Administrator William Gerstenmaier on Sept. 15, the day before the contract awards were […]
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Commercial Crew selection Announcement Status
Keith’s note: Don’t expect to see a commercial crew selection announcement this week. Unless things change, of course.
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Skewing The Commercial Crew Program Poll Results
Marc’s note: Last week I decided to run a poll on who our readers thought would be selected for funding in the next round of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program which […]