Commercial Crew Market Study Generates Small Firestorm, Space News “NASA spokesman Michael Braukus said the Aerospace Corp. analysis, paid for by the agency’s Independent Program and Cost Evaluation office, led […]
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Old School – New Thinking
U.S. mustn’t give up on space, Opinion, Gerry Griffin, USA Today “Going forward, commercial space companies and NASA must be considered partners, not competitors, in the U.S. human spaceflight enterprise. […]
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Letter To Congress Urging Support for NASA Commercial Crew Plans
Letter from Space Leaders to Congress Urging Support of NASA’s Use of Commercial Crew Services to the ISS “Dear Members of Congress: We, the undersigned space leaders–over 50 of us, […]
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Dream Chaser Makes Progress
Businesses Take Flight, With Help From NASA, NY Times “The Dream Chaser is one of several new spacecraft that companies are hoping to launch into space with help from the […]
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Soyuz Procurement That Falls Short of NASA's Own Commercial Crew Requirements
NASA JSC Solicitation: Procurement of Crew Transportation and Rescue Services from Roscosmos “NASA/JSC has a requirement for crew transportation services including launch, return, and rescue of US or US-designated astronauts […]
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NASA Releases LEO Commercial Crew Certification Requirements
Commercial Crew Transportation System Certification Requirements for NASA Low Earth Orbit Missions “This document defines the requirements, standards and certification package contents that will be used to certify a CCTS […]
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Dragon's Secret Payload Revealed (Photos)
SpaceX Reveal’s Dragon’s “Secret” Payload (Photos) “Before the successful launch, voyage, and recovery of SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft, the first time in history a commercial company has recovered a spacecraft from […]
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SpaceX Dragon Mission Photos and Video
Video Taken On Orbit by SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon Launch Photos SpaceX Dragon Landing/Recovery Photos Video: NASA/SpaceX Post Mission Press Conference
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Video: NASA/SpaceX Post Mission Press Conference
NASA/SpaceX Press conference part 1 Continued below NASA/SpaceX Press conference part 2 NASA/SpaceX Press conference part 3 NASA/SpaceX Press conference part 4
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Reaction To SpaceX Mission Success
Hutchison Calls Successful SpaceX Launch Important Milestone “I congratulate SpaceX on its successful launch of the Falcon 9 Rocket and Dragon capsule,” said Senator Hutchison. “This launch represents an important […]