Important Innovations Collection

Looking To Launch Starliner First Un-crewed, Then Crewed                                                       Source:  Boeing Spaceship with Checkered Past Boeing has built the Starliner, a next generation spacecraft, that's designed to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS).  It is an alternative vehicle to the highly successful SpaceX Crew Dragon that brought two astronauts back and forth to the ISS this past summer.   The Starliner has been plagued with development problems, test failures and schedule slippages.  Now it has lost its astronaut Commander Chris Ferguson.  Ferguson is an engineer who helped Boeing develop the space vehicle. December 2019 Test Starliner has experienced a rocky road to development.  In December 2019, during an un-crewed flight, software...

Innovation Spacecrafts   Source:  SpaceX Dragon 2 NASA, Boeing and SpaceX Vehicle Tests and Crewed Flights 2019 is shaping up to be a very exciting year for space exploration.  A couple of key tests and crewed flights of highly advanced spacecrafts.  In January, SpaceX is scheduled to launch its Dragon 2 spacecraft on its first test flight.  There won't be any crew onboard until the summer when the spacecraft will ferry two US astronauts to the ISS (International Space Station). This will be the first launch of US astronauts from US soil since July 2011.  The launch will be made from Cape Canaveral, FL. It's a NASA and SpaceX exciting and new innovation mission into space. Starliner Boeing is going to conduct an un-crewed test flight of its CST-100 Starliner in March.  The first manned flight will happen in August. This spacecraft has been designed in conjunction with NASA for low Earth orbits to accommodate 7 passengers or for a mix of cre...