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NASA’s in the market for quick space taxi rides
NASA already has committed billions of dollars to procuring regularly scheduled rides to and from the International Space Station from commercial space taxi operators — but now it says it’s interested in buying short-term trips as well. The proposed arrangement, detailed on Nov. … Continue reading
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Tagged Boeing, Commercial Spaceflight, Dragon, International Space Station, NASA, SpaceX, Starliner
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Starliner space taxi meets up with its rocket
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi was moved to its Florida launch complex and set atop its United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket today in preparation for next month’s uncrewed test mission to the International Space Station. Get the news brief on GeekWire.
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NASA adds 5 companies to moon delivery list
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is among five companies that have just been cleared to deliver payloads to the moon for NASA. So is Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which is offering its Starship super-rocket for lunar trips. Sierra … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Origin, Ceres Robotics, Commercial Spaceflight, Moon, NASA, Sierra Nevada, Space, SpaceX, Starship, Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems
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Report sharpens debate over spaceship costs
Boeing is in line to get paid substantially more per seat than SpaceX for astronaut trips to the International Space Station, in part because it negotiated an increase in what was meant to be a fixed-cost contract, NASA’s Office of … Continue reading
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Tagged Boeing, Commercial Spaceflight, Dragon, International Space Station, NASA, Space, SpaceX, Starliner
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Bill aims to keep space station going until 2030
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., has joined with three other U.S. senators in introducing a NASA authorization bill that aims to extend federal support for International Space Station to 2030. The bill voices support for NASA’s Artemis campaign to explore the moon in preparation for … Continue reading
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Tagged International Space Station, Maria Cantwell, NASA, Politics, Senate, Space
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Starliner parachute glitch traced to unsecured pin
For want of a pin, the use of a spaceship’s parachute was lost. That may be a simplistic way to explain why one of the three parachutes on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi failed to open. It does, however, serve … Continue reading
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Moon sample studied after decades in storage
For the first time in more than 40 years, NASA has opened up a pristine sample of moon dirt and rocks that was collected during the Apollo missions. Scientists hope that a close analysis of the material from a 2-foot-long, … Continue reading
