![]() I’m not really going to get into how the commercial crew program got started or has progressed in today’s video, I mostly want to talk about the hardware. The two companies that won contracts are SpaceX and Boeing. Russia’s Soyuz vehicle.īut we’re coming up on a really exciting time as the United States prepares to send astronauts to the International Space Station from US soil on two brand new spaceships! And what’s super exciting, is NASA has hired private companies to do the development and operations in a new program called the commercial crew program. ![]() Since the Space Shuttle program ended in 2011, there’s only been a single ride to the ISS. There is typically a 3 month overlap for the existing crew and the newly arriving crew. Crews are sent in groups of 3 and usually reside at the station for 6 months. ![]() The ISS typically has 6 astronauts onboard. It’s taken 33 launches to put all of its pieces into orbit and has been home to over 230 people from almost 20 countries. After all, it’s a football field sized floating laboratory traveling 10 times faster than a bullet, circling the Earth every 90 minutes. The International Space Station is still one the greatest feats of human engineering. We’ll look at the designs, the rockets they’ll ride, dimensions, cost, safety considerations, and any other unique features that each vehicle offers.Ĭonsidering I’ve been up close and personal with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Capsule, and Boeing’s Starliner, I’ve got some good insight on some of these vehicles, so let’s get started! Renders by – Reese Carges – (Dragon 2/ Falcon 9) and Lionel Oullette – (Starliner / Atlas)Īnd to see how we’ve progressed in the world of human spaceflight, we’ll also compare all these systems along side Russia’s Soyuz capsule and the United State’s retired Space Shuttle in a side by side comparison. We’ll compare the Boeing Starliner riding an Atlas V rocket to SpaceX’s Crew Dragon on their Falcon 9 Rocket. So today we’re going to take a deep dive on the two new spaceships that will be responsible for taking humans to and from the International Space Station from the United States. The Soyuz’s 8 year monopoly for getting humans to the ISS is coming to an end. ![]() We’re at a really exciting time where the number of crewed vehicles going to the international space station will go from just one to three!. ![]()
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