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Commercial Partners Working to Launch U.S. Astronauts from Space Coast
06.14.13 - NASA's Commercial Crew Program partners shard plans to launch U.S. astronauts to low-Earth orbit from Space Coast during a National Space Club meeting in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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Henry May Opening the Way for Future Explorers
06.14.13 - NASA Launch Vehicle Systems lead Henry May is working with companies who are designing transportation for astronauts to the International Space Station.
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Boeing Completes New Spacecraft, Rocket Milestones
05.31.13 - The Boeing Company recently performed wind tunnel testing of its CST-100 spacecraft and integrated launch vehicle, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
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Astronaut Pilots a "Dream" at NASA Langley
05.30.13 - NASA astronaut Jack Fischer visited Langley's Cockpit Motion Facility in May to fly simulated Sierra Nevada Corporation Dream Chaser landings.
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Orion Undergoes Pyro Bolt Test
05.30.13 - Lockheed Martin engineers and technicians recently completed a series of pyrotechnic bolt tests on the Orion ground test vehicle.
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SNC Completes Dream Chaser Safety Review
05.09.13 - Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems of Louisville, Colo., completed its first major, comprehensive safety review of its Dream Chaser Space System.
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Orion Undergoes Testing
05.06.13 - The Orion crew module is being put through a series of tests that simulate the loads the spacecraft would experience during its mission.
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Astronauts to Explore an Asteroid
04.16.13 - As NASA marked the anniversary of the president's exploration vision, news media were updated on the Orion spacecraft that could take astronauts to an asteroid.
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Boeing Completes Launch Vehicle Adapter Review
04.05.13 - Boeing successfully completed a preliminary design review of the component that would connect the company's new crew capsule to its rocket.
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Crawler-Transporter Receives New Roller Bearing Assemblies
04.01.13 - For more than a year, NASA's crawler-transporter 2 has been undergoing a major tuneup in the Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building.
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Safety Component Arrives for Orion Flight Test
03.25.13 - A critical segment of Orion's Launch Abort System, the launch abort motor, recently arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for Exploration Flight Test (EFT)-1.
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CST-100 Reviews Road to Mission Operations
02.21.13 - Boeing's plans for its CST-100 spacecraft continue to firm up as the aerospace company works with NASA's Commercial Crew Program to establish what will be needed to communicate with the spacecraft and recover it when it returns from a mission.
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NASA Takes Strides to Launch from U.S. Soil
01.25.13 - NASA has taken a crucial step toward launching crews to the space station from the U.S. This landmark comes at the 45th anniversary of an essential stage in sending Americans to the moon.
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NASA and Industry Committed to Human Spaceflight Endeavor
1.17.13 - NASA's Commercial Crew Program and its industry partners are investing their time, money, efforts and reputations into shaping America's next-generation human spaceflight capabilities.
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NASA Awards Commercial Crew Certification Contracts
12.11.12 - NASA awards contracts in next step toward safely launching American astronauts to the International Space Station from U.S. soil.
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NASA Locomotives Upgraded in Shuttle-Era Facility
12.03.12 - A NASA Railroad locomotive receives a major upgrade at a Space Shuttle Program-era facility at Kennedy Space Center.
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Partnership Paves Way for Modernization
11.20.12 - A facility full of platforms that once fit NASA's space shuttles like a glove is transitioning to make room for a new fleet of low-Earth orbit bound spacecraft.
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Humanity's Drive to Explore Keeps Rolling
11.16.12 - The spirit to live and work in low-Earth orbit and explore well beyond where we've ventured before is alive as NASA forges ahead with three major human spaceflight endeavors.
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SpaceX Transitions to Third Commercial Crew Phase
11.01.12 - SpaceX completed its first three performance milestones for NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative.
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Blue Origin Completes Pad Escape Test
10.22.12 - Blue Origin conducted a successful pad escape test, firing its pusher-escape motor and launching a full-scale suborbital crew capsule from a simulated propulsion module.