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). The US$6.8 billion contract was divided between the two companies to cover the cost of certification of the Boeing CST-100 and the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, one demonstration mission for each, plus six commercial missions to the station... Continue Reading NASA selects Boeing and SpaceX to ferry astronauts to space station

Section: Space

Tags: Boeing, CST-100, Dragon, International Space Station, NASA, Space Shuttle, Spacecraft, SpaceX

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