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Boeing, SpaceX Push Back Commercial Crew Dates

Tuesday, January 17th, 2017

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NASA recently announced Boeing [BA] and Space Exploration Technology Corp. (SpaceX) had delayed flight test dates for their respective Commercial Crew efforts.Boeing set its orbital (uncrewed) flight test for June 2018 and its crewed flight test for August 2018, back from February, according to company spokesman Bill Barksdale. Boeing also pushed back its first two Commercial Crew missions, called post certification missions 1 and 2, to December 2018 and January 2019, respectively. PCM 1 was previously scheduled for June 2018…

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