by National Space Society | May 22, 2012 | Commercial Spaceflight, International Space Station, NASA
Falcon 9 Ignition Image Credit: NASA TV Falcon 9 Liftoff Image Credit: NASA TV Falcon 9 Ascent Image Credit: NASA TV Falcon 9 Downrange Image Credit: NASA TV Falcon 9 Separation of the Second Stage Image Credit: NASA TV Falcon 9 Second Stage Ignition Image Credit:...
by National Space Society | May 1, 2011 | Commercial Spaceflight, International Space Station, Space Transportation
Cady Coleman and Scott Kelley in the Dragon Image Credit: SpaceX This is the final entry concerning the second round of funding in the Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program. NASA awarded $75 million to spaceX to develop a revolutionary launch escape system that...
by National Space Society | Apr 22, 2011 | Commercial Spaceflight, International Space Station, Space, Space Transportation
Boeing CST-100 Image Credit: Boeing NASA announced the second round of funding in the Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program. Boeing was the big winner in CCDev-2, getting $92.3 million, on top of the $18 million it won last year. The initial $18 million allowed...
by National Space Society | Feb 11, 2011 | Commercial Spaceflight, Space Business, Space Science
Falcon 9 / Lunar Mission Image Credit: Astrobotic Technology Astrobotic Technology, Inc., a spinoff from Carnegie Mellon University, announced the signing of a contract with SpaceX to launch its Lunar XPrize mission using a Falcon 9 rocket. Astrobotic intends to...
by National Space Society | Jan 20, 2011 | NASA, Space, Technology
Keeping the International Space Station (ISS) supplied will become an increasing challenge with the retirement of the US Space Shuttle in 2011. This is the first in a series to look at how the ISS will be serviced for the next five or six years. The Japanese were...