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Space

Boeing, SpaceX Map Out Commercial Crew Timelines

Pat Host

Monday, January 26th, 2015

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Boeing, SpaceX Map Out Commercial Crew Timelines

Artist's illustration of Boeing's NASA Docking System Block-1 (center right in photo). Photo: Boeing.

Boeing [BA] and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. laid out Monday their timelines for delivering astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2017 as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew program (CCP).Boeing Vice President and General Manager for Space Exploration John Elbon told an audience at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston the company expected a crewed flight test featuring one Boeing test pilot and one NASA astronaut in July 2017. Boeing recently completed a ground segment critical design review (CDR),…

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