by National Space Society | Oct 28, 2012 | Commercial Spaceflight, International Space Station, NASA
NASA press release about the successful completion of the first commercial resupply mission the the International Space Station: RELEASE: 12-381 SPACEX DRAGON RETURNS FROM SPACE STATION WITH NASA CARGO HOUSTON — A Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Dragon...
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 | 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...