NASA's Crew-13 launched four crew Thursday on a Dragon due to dock at the space station 7 hours 50 minutes later, a U.S. record by NASA's account. NASA stated the record before the docking took place, so it holds only once the 7 p.m. arrival happens.
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NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 will fly four astronauts from three agencies to the space station no earlier than Oct. 1. Its research includes human stem-cell-derived heart and Parkinson's tissue models, and their value will depend on how they compare with matched samples kept on the ground.
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NASA intends to exercise options for a fifth and sixth Boeing Starliner flight and to fly an uncrewed test as early as December, with crew returning by 2028. The plan would keep a second US crew capsule available beside SpaceX's Crew Dragon, if Boeing's thruster fixes hold up in flight.
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NASA will fly Starliner uncrewed again before putting astronauts aboard in mid-2028
NASA and Boeing plan an uncrewed Starliner flight in December or January, with astronauts to follow in mid-2028 if it goes well. The agency is spending that time to secure a second American crew ferry for the years after SpaceX retires Crew Dragon.
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NASA will help fund Starliner's thruster fix to keep a second crew vehicle alive
SpaceX will not commit to flying Crew Dragon much beyond 2030, and its president says Boeing should fly its own capsule. NASA is responding by paying to make Starliner flightworthy on a rocket it does not yet have.
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