https://spacewatch.global/tag/nasa-commercial-crew-program/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 10 Nov 2021 07:00:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/nasa-commercial-crew-program/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2021/11/crew-2-astronauts-safely-return-to-earth/ Wed, 10 Nov 2021 07:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=37110 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts safely splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday aboard the Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, NASA reported. The agency’s second long-duration commercial crew mission set the record for the longest spaceflight by a U.S. crewed spacecraft. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/u-s-back-in-the-crewed-space-launch-business-thanks-to-spacex/ Mon, 01 Jun 2020 05:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23047 SpaceX has become the first private company to launch a crewed mission into low-Earth orbit. At 3:22pm Eastern Standard Time (EST), 30 May 2020, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched two NASA astronauts – Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley – on board the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/thousands-apply-to-join-nasas-artemis-generation-beanastronaut/ Tue, 07 Apr 2020 05:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21300 More than 12,000 people have applied to join NASA’s next class of astronauts, demonstrating strong national interest to take part in America’s plans to explore the Moon and take humanity’s next giant leap – human missions to Mars. Applications were received from every U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and four U.S. territories. However, the […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/nasa-leadership-assessing-mission-impacts-of-coronavirus/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 06:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20804 To protect the health and safety of the NASA workforce as the nation responds to coronavirus (COVID-19), agency leadership recently completed the first assessment of work underway across all missions, projects, and programs.]]>