Sentence examples for crew missions from inspiring English sources

The changes, though they contribute directly to reuse and cost reductions, are also aimed at satisfying the requirements of NASA's commercial crew missions.

After each company completes their crewed test flights successfully, NASA will start the process to finally certify the spacecraft and systems for regular crew missions to the space station.

It won't be carrying anything all that heavy this time around, however – the payload for this first test launch is a Tesla Roadster, loaded up with a dummy wearing SpaceX suit for its planned Dragon crew missions, and destined for a large, elliptical Mars orbit.

Resident crew missions were identified with an EO prefix, whilst short-duration missions were identified with EP.

"By 2025 we expect new spacecraft designed for long journeys to allow us to begin the first ever crew missions beyond the moon into deep space," Obama said in 2010.

Extending the next crew mission would allow the Russians to sell two seats on a flight scheduled for next April.

Nasa says the one-year crew mission was an important stepping stone on the journey to Mars.

Data were collected separately from the Crew, Mission Operations, and Science teams to assess the test conditions from multiple perspectives.

NASA astronauts are venturing out into space to install a component key to the future of commercial crew mission.

A fault in a Soyuz rocket booster has resulted in an aborted crew mission to the International Space Station, but fortunately no loss of life.

"We appreciate the trust NASA has placed in SpaceX with the order of another crew mission and look forward to flying astronauts from American soil next year".