NASA plans to extend the Demo-2 crewed mission to the International Space Station for months as part of a long-duration test flight, SpaceNewsreported Monday.
William Gerstenmaier, former associate administrator of NASA's human exploration and operations mission directorate, has been appointed a consultant for the reliability engineering group at SpaceX, CNBC reported Tuesday.
SpaceX has completed a hot-fire test for a Falcon 9 rocket that will support a scheduled in-flight abort test for the Crew Dragon spacecraft, Space.comreported Sunday.
NASA plans to launch the flight test of the Crew Dragon spacecraft with SpaceX in December or later from NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A.
SpaceX has finished a wave of static fire tests on the Crew Dragon spacecraft’s engines in preparation for an upcoming in-flight abort demonstration.
SpaceX has completed the 13th test for its parachute system designed to support the Crew Dragon spacecraft’s landing operations, Tech Crunchreported Monday.
SpaceX plans to perform a static fire test of its Crew Dragon capsule on Nov. 2 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, CNBC reported Thursday.
Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator and a 2019 Wash100 winner, said he thinks spacecraft from Boeing and SpaceX could be ready to fly astronauts as soon as the first quarter of 2020, CNBC reported Sunday.
NASA may request for an extension of the testing of SpaceX’s emergency escape system, which was designed for the Dragon spacecraft, in the middle of an expiring deal with Russia, Spaceflight Nowreported Monday.