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First SpaceX Mission With Astronauts Set For June 2019 (france24.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the waiting-game dept.

schwit1 shares a report from France 24: NASA has announced the first crewed flight by a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) is expected to take place in June 2019. It will be the first manned U.S. launch to the orbiting research laboratory since the space shuttle program was retired in 2011, forcing U.S. astronauts to hitch costly rides aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft. A flight on Boeing spacecraft is set to follow in August 2019. The timetable for both launches has already been postponed several times, but NASA said Thursday it would now be providing monthly updates on deadlines. Both missions are considered tests: the two astronauts transported in each flight will spend two weeks aboard the orbiting ISS before returning to Earth. SpaceX will carry out an uncrewed test in January 2019, and Boeing in March 2019.

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  1. Elon getting high as the space shuttle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Launch date set for 4/20, funding for Doritos and moon pies secured.

  2. Grab some popcorn by marcle · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Boeing doesn't play fair, and they would just hate to be upstaged by an upstart, when they've gotten fat off of sucking the federal tit forever.
    Expect some unexpected developments, either in the media or on some legislative subcommittee or both, to try to slow Elon down.

    1. Re:Grab some popcorn by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Expect some unexpected developments, either in the media or on some legislative subcommittee or both, to try to slow Elon down.

      Yup. That's how they got the KC-46 contract. The military rejected their crappy overpriced plane, so Boeing went whining to Congress, and the USAF was forced to accept it. Lemon socialism at its worst.

    2. Re:Grab some popcorn by commodore64_love · · Score: 2

      I always heard the phrase "crony capitalism" where bribes to politicians ensure financial assistance or protectionism for a company.

      But "lemon socialism" is an even better term! :-)

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  3. Re:But this is different by wolfheart111 · · Score: 2

    They are Finally seeing there's something better than money.

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  4. Re:With out man-rated vehicle, I don't think so by zuckie13 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yet somehow they keep delivering stuff to the ISS? That's their rocket, and their vehicle. If they are as bad as you say the NOBODY would be flying their satellites on them. I'd love to see your source.......cause I actually work in the industry, and directly support their flights to ISS.

  5. Re:With out man-rated vehicle, I don't think so by Michael+Woodhams · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The Dragon capsule is no where near being man-rated, so the changes of actually flying with a human is ZERO right now.

    says someone commenting on an article about the timetable for crew-rating the Dragon capsule in the near future.

    Here are some articles about the crew-rating of Dragon and Starliner:

    https://www.nasaspaceflight.co...
    https://www.nasaspaceflight.co...

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