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NASA warns Boeing, SpaceX crew ships face delay

NASA warns Boeing, SpaceX crew ships face delay

Even before the dramatic explosion of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Thursday, NASA's Inspector General was warning of delays in the agency's commercial crew program, which aims to launch U.S. and partner astronauts aboard SpaceX and Boeing ferry ships in a bid to end America's sole reliance on Russian Soyuz spacecraft.In a report issued, by coincidence, on the same day the Falcon 9 blew up on the launch pad​ in Cape Canaveral, the OIG concluded "the Commercial Crew Program​ continues to face multiple challenges that will likely delay the first routine flight carrying NASA astronauts to the ISS until late 2018 -- more than 3 years after NASA's original 2015 goal""While past funding shortfalls have contributed to the delay, technical challenges with the contractors' spacecraft designs are now driving the schedule slippages," the report stated.It also criticized NASA for delays responding and processing contractor concerns.
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Launch of NASA asteroid mission unaffected by SpaceX failure

Launch of NASA asteroid mission unaffected by SpaceX failure

WASHINGTON — NASA said Sept. 1 that the launch of an asteroid sample return mission from Florida remained on schedule for next week despite the explosion of SpaceX Falcon 9 at a neighboring launch pad.The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft was inside its payload fairing atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 at Cape Canaveral's Space Launch Complex 41 when the Falcon 9 at the neighboring Space Launch Complex 40, less than two kilometers away, exploded during preparations for a static-fire test on the morning of Sept. 1.Mike Curie, a NASA spokesman at the Kennedy Space Center, said a few hours after the SpaceX incident that he was not aware of any effects the explosion had on OSIRIS-REx.
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SpaceX and Boeing delays could mean more money for Russia, NASA watchdog says

SpaceX and Boeing delays could mean more money for Russia, NASA watchdog says

SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk speaks after unveiling the Dragon V2 spacecraft in California 2014.SpaceX unveiled an upgraded passenger version of the Dragon cargo ship NASA buys for resupply runs to the International Space Station.(Reuters/Mario Anzuoni)A recent report by NASA's chief watchdog raised new doubts about the readiness of contractors to deliver astronauts to space, even before Thursday's explosion of a SpaceX rocket.
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NASA says it's 'too early to know' if SpaceX launches to space station will be affected

NASA says it's 'too early to know' if SpaceX launches to space station will be affected

NASA had some supportive words for SpaceX, which the agency pays to make deliveries to the International Space Station.The company also has contracts with NASA to ferry astronauts to the space station in the future.
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