CST-100
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No bottles of champagne were broken, but Boeing’s CST-100 commercial crew transportation spacecraft officially has a new name. Set to one day ferry astronauts to the International Space Station – and potentially paying customers to low-Earth orbit – the spacecraft is now known as the Starliner.
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NASA has announced the names of the first astronauts to ride aboard the first generation of commercial spacecraft that will return manned launch capabilities to American soil. The astronauts are set to begin a training program in preparation for the launch of Boeing's CST-100 spacecraft.
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Commercial passenger spaceflight has gone on the books with Boeing announcing that it's received the first contract ever issued to a private company to carry out a manned space mission.
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Mankind's most remote outpost underwent a significant remodel this week, as an entire module of the International Space Station was relocated in order to make way for the next generation of American commercial spacecraft.
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NASA and its partners have been working on the space agency's Commercial Crew Program to provide an astronaut ferry service from US soil to the International Space Station. Now a panel from NASA, Boeing, and SpaceX has outlined the latest timetable leading up to the first commercial flights.
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The return of manned launch capabilities to US soil heralds the start of an exciting time in the space industry. But what were the driving factors behind the change, and how do the planned replacements match up? Read on as we delve deeper into NASA's mission to end the reliance on Russia by 2017.
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The dawn of manned commercial spaceflight received a major boost as NASA announced in a news conference today that Boeing and SpaceX have been chosen to ferry US astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Captain Picard’s ride seemed to have landed in Las Vegas today, as Boeing unveiled a mock-up of the new commercial interior of its Crew Space Transportation (CST-100).
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Chris Ferguson, commander of the STS-135 Atlantis mission in 2011, went on a virtual flight to the International Space Station (ISS) in a ground-based simulator as part of NASA’s testing requirements for Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft.
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NASA and Boeing have unveiled a mock up of the Crew Space Transport (CST-100) space capsule in an event held at Boeing’s Houston Product Support Center in Texas. As part of the proceedings, two NASA astronauts conducted tests working in the capsule.