SpaceX Crew Dragon To Be Used for Crew-10 and Crew-11
NASA recently published a statement finalizing its decision to boot Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft from upcoming ISS missions. The agency will be using the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule as a replacement while the Starliner remains under evaluation.
Trying To Prevent Coastal Commission From Reducing Flights
Elon Musk followed through on his threat and sued the California Coastal Commission after it rejected a proposal that would have increased the number of Falcon 9 launches at Vandenberg Space Force Base. The increase in launches are intended to deploy more Starlink satellites for public internet service as well as Starshield satellites for the U.S. national security internet system. In August a bipartisan group of members of Congress sent a letter to the Commission in support of the proposal.
Commercial ‘Space Balloon’ Completed Uncrewed Test in September
Space Perspective has announced that billionaire Richard Branson will co-pilot the first crewed flight test of its commercial ‘space balloon’ as early as next year. The vessel completed its initial uncrewed test in September.
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