NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Training Resource Reel - YouTube - NASA Johnson Space Center

The new target date for the Crew-9 launch is 18 August 2024.The Falcon 9 issue is resolved as the rocket recently launched a Starlink mission.Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson is on the short list for an Artemis Moon mission.She has three Space Shuttle missions under her belt and helped build the ISS.She has a BS in engineering from Harvard University and an MS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas.NASA Astronaut Zena Cardman is commander of Crew-9 and NASA Astronaut Nick Hague,a U.S. Space Force Colonel,is pilot.

NASA’s Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test Prelaunch News Conference (May 31,2024) - YouTube - starts at 3:09

Starliner rolled out to launch pad ahead of first crewed mission - WESH 2 News

The first crewed Starliner spacecraft mission is scheduled for early May.*Boeing (BA)

Meet the Canadian Space Agency's newest astronauts

Astronaut Jenni Gibbons has been selected to be Astronaut Jeremy Hansen's backup for the Artemis II mission,slated to fly Nno sooner than November 2024.This will ensure that a Canadian Astronaut will participate in the mission,in accord with an agreement with NASA.Astronaut Joshua Kutryk has been selected to fly on the Boeing CST-100 Starliner on its first regular ISS mission under NASA's Commercial Crew Program.This is to launch no sooner than early 2025.

Space to Ground: Four for 7: June 23, 2023 - Cosmonaut selected as fourth member of NASA Spacex Crew-7 mission

NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 2 March 2023 Launch Attempt (Official NASA Broadcast in 4K)

Crew-6 : Houston,We Have a Podcast

Crew-6: Hear from the Crew-6 cadre ahead of their launch to the International Space Station. HWHAP Episode 277.

Revised and Updated:Crew-4 Launch Delayed by Bad Weather for Axiom-1 Mission Return Flight

The NASA/ESA Crew-4 launch to the International Space Station on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has been delayed by bad weather at the SpaceX splashdown sites for the Crew Dragon Endeavour capsule that carried four private Axiom astronauts to the ISS.The Endeavour capsule is currently docked at the docking port the Crew-4 Freedom capsule will need to use,so there cannot be a Crew-4 launch until the Axiom astronauts are able to return.The return of the Endeavour capsule cannot be till Thursday night at the earliest.Then there must be a two-day hold while NASA reviews data.* Nonetheless,the four Crew-4 astronauts went ahead with their dry run exercise Wednesday,donning their SpaceX spacesuits and riding out to Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A in Tesla vehicles.They rode the elevator up to the Crew Dragon Freedom capsule,walked through the access arm,got into the capsule and assumed their launch positions. Realistically,the Crew-4 launch will be next week at the earliest.* Preparations are meanwhile underway for the uncrewed test flight (0FT-2) of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner,which is to be launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on 19 May 2022.OFT-1 took place in December 2019,but was partially unsuccessful because of software glitches.ULA is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing.* Boeing (BA),Lockheed Martin (LMT) Update:NASA has announced in its blog that the Endeavour capsule will depart the ISS on Saturday night, with splashdown off the Florida coast on Sunday afternoon.After a two-day program review to ensure that Crew-4 launch aligns with integrated operational timelines and data review from Endeavour's splashdown,and to arrange for Crew-4 recovery assets in the event of an abort,Crew-4 will have launch opportunities for early morning Tuesday and further chances on Wednesday and Thursday.

LIVE: NASA's Crew-4 arrive at Kennedy Space Center ahead of Launch on SpaceX Falcon 9

NASA, ESA Assign Astronauts to Space Station Mission on Crew Dragon

NASA, ESA Assign Astronauts to Space Station Mission on Crew Dragon: NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) have selected two astronauts to launch on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 Returns Home: Splashdown

NASA, SpaceX Reviewing Commercial Crew Rotation Plans – Commercial Crew Program - Bad weather is a major concern.

NASA, SpaceX Reviewing Commercial Crew Rotation Plans – Commercial Crew Program

Boeing's Full Ahead in Commercial Space - joins Virgin Galactic and reveals launch date

A new strategic partnership between Boeing and Virgin Galactic has been announced, as has the first launch date for Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.Boeing is to invest 20 million dollars in Virgin Galactic and the two aerospace firms will collaborate on transformative global travel technologies, Virgin Group CEO Richard Branson said:
This is the beginning of an important collaboration for the future of air and space travel, which are the natural next steps for our human spaceflight programme.Virgin Group and Boeing share a vision of opening access to the world and space, to move people in safe and environmentally responsible ways.*
The Boeing investment involves acquiring shares in the soon to be merged Virgin Galactic and Social Capital Hedosophia, which is expected to close in Q4 2019.SCH is a Cayman islands shell company set up by venture capitalists in 2017 to take high value start-ups public.*
According to Brian Schettler, Senior Managing Director of Boeing HorizonX Ventures:
Our work with Virgin Galactic and others will help unlock the future of space travel and high-speed mobility.*
Adds Boeing Defense, Space and Security President and CEO Leanne Caret:
The unique expertise of our companies stretches from points all around the world to the deepest reaches of space.Together we will change how people travel on Earth, and among the stars, for generations to come.*
Among other projects, Virgin Galactic recently unveiled a contract with the Italian Air Force to carry a research payload into space on a VG SpaceShip Two spacecraft.*
For its part, Boeing has announced a launch date of 17 December 2019 for the uncrewed test flight of its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, which will be launched on a ULA Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.The Starliner will dock with the ISS,stay about a week,then land by parachute on the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
On 4 November, the Starliner will execute an in-flight abort test of that critical safety system. Pending successful testing, Boeing plans to begin ferrying NASA astronauts to and from the ISS  in the Starliner next year.*
Virgin Galactic has successfully launched two crewed spaceflights-one in 2018,and the other in February 2019.*

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NASA and Partners Gear Up for 2018 Commercial Crew Milestones

Among other things,2018 is the year of commercial crew firsts.NASA's Commercial Crew Program will come into its own as major steps are taken in crewed spaceflight to the ISS on spacecraft built by NASA contractors Boeing and SpaceX.Boeing and SpaceX hold NASA contracts worth 6-8 billion dollars for two spaceflights each and 2-6 operational missions for ISS flight crew services.*
SpaceX will use its new Block 5 Falcon 9 to launch astronauts to the ISS for NASA;while Boeing will use United Launch Alliance's Atlas V for that mission,both of them beginning in 2018.The launch schedule is as follows:
Boeing Orbital Flight Test (uncrewed) - August 2018
Boeing Crew Flight Test (crewed) - November 2018
SpaceX Demonstration Mission (uncrewed) - August 2018
SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2 (crewed) - December 2018
SpaceX will launch from Kennedy Space Center;and Boeing will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.*
By providing for the expansion of the ISS crew to its full complement of seven astronauts,the CCP will increase the amount of research that can be done,including that which applies to deep space exploration.
The ISS is currently funded through 2024.*
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