Sentences with phrase «space transport spacecraft»
Phase two involves the completion of a reusable «deep - space transport spacecraft.»
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«In the next few years, suborbital spacecraft will transport scientific payloads and passengers into space.
In 2008, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft won the NASA contract to provide a commercial replacement for the cargo transport function of the Space Shuttle, which retired in 2011.
«We're committed to safely transporting U.S. astronauts on American - made spacecraft and ending the outsourcing of this work to foreign governments,» Bolden said last year as he announced payments of up to $ 92 million to four companies, including Blue Origin and Boeing, that are working on commercial space - crew vehicles.
Though it seems cozy by most standards, the interior is more spacious than Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, which is currently used to transport International Space Station (ISS) crews.
The spacecraft is designed to transport up to seven passengers or a mix of crew and cargo to low - Earth orbit destinations such as the International Space Station (ISS).
NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which will employ private contractors to transport astronauts to the International Space Station, has taken a step closer to crewed flights as the two prime contractors conduct the latest round of tests of their spacecraft parachute systems.