Yes, but to clarify for those non-spacenerds in the room This is CRS-15 (CRS=Commercial Resupply Services) This is the 15th SpaceX CRS mission (started in 2012)(minus 1 failure, rocket blew up)...
Yes, but to clarify for those non-spacenerds in the room
This is CRS-15 (CRS=Commercial Resupply Services)
This is the 15th SpaceX CRS mission (started in 2012)(minus 1 failure, rocket blew up)
Orbital ATK also was selected for CRS and have launched 9 missions (minus one failure, rocket blew up)
CRS2 is slated to start next year, SpaceX and Orbital ATK were selected again and Sierra Nevada Corp was also selected for the program (their ship is pretty neat, it's like a mini space shuttle)
On top of CRS there is also CCP (Commercial Crew Program) which will take astronauts to the ISS. SpaceX and Boeing were selected for this program and both companies are expected to do their first unmanned test flights late this year/early next year and send astronauts to the ISS sometime mid-late next year (although it is highly plausible one or both of the companies could see delays into 2020)
Presentation about the experiments going up
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Does that mean that Russia won't be able to hold the ISS hostage if WWIII breaks out?
Yes, but to clarify for those non-spacenerds in the room
This is CRS-15 (CRS=Commercial Resupply Services)
This is the 15th SpaceX CRS mission (started in 2012)(minus 1 failure, rocket blew up)
Orbital ATK also was selected for CRS and have launched 9 missions (minus one failure, rocket blew up)
CRS2 is slated to start next year, SpaceX and Orbital ATK were selected again and Sierra Nevada Corp was also selected for the program (their ship is pretty neat, it's like a mini space shuttle)
On top of CRS there is also CCP (Commercial Crew Program) which will take astronauts to the ISS. SpaceX and Boeing were selected for this program and both companies are expected to do their first unmanned test flights late this year/early next year and send astronauts to the ISS sometime mid-late next year (although it is highly plausible one or both of the companies could see delays into 2020)