NASA aims for first manned SpaceX mission in the first quarter of 2020. More here: by StevenJGorman
HAWTHORNE, Calif. - SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon astronaut capsule will be ready for its first manned flight into orbit in the first quarter of next year provided “everything goes according to plan” in upcoming tests, NASA chief Jim Bridenstine said on Thursday.
The NASA administrator spoke to reporters at the end of a visit to the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, just outside Los Angeles, where chief executive Elon Musk led him on a tour of the sprawling manufacturing plant. The revised time line hinges on a series of system tests that SpaceX hopes to conduct by year’s end, Bridenstine said.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk shake hands after a tour of SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, U.S. October 10, 2019. REUTERS/ Gene Blevins The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is paying commercial launch companies SpaceX and Boeing Co $6.8 billion to build rocket-and-capsule systems enabling NASA to resume human space travel with U.S.-made hardware.
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