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 while PCM 2 was planned for August 2018.
SpaceX’s two missions, called Demonstration Missions 1 (uncrewed) and 2 (two NASA astronauts), have been delayed to November 2017 and May 2018, respectively, according to NASA. SpaceX spokesman Phil Larson said Demo Mission 1 was previously scheduled for mid-2017 and Demo Mission 2 was scheduled for late 2017.
Commercial Crew is to deliver humans to the International Space Station from U.S. soil.