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Commercial Crew Program

Space Station and Space Shuttle Programs

The Commercial Crew Program provides commercially operated crew transportation service to and from the International Space Station under contract to NASA, conducting crew rotations between the expeditions of the International Space Station program. The American space manufacturer SpaceX began providing service in 2020, using Crew Dragon, and NASA plans to add Boeing when Starliner becomes human rated no earlier than 2030. The spacecraft are owned and operated by the vendor, and crew transportation is provided to NASA as a commercial service.

Facts
Mission Type
Mission Type (category)
Crewed LEO Spaceflight 1
Launch Date
2020-11-16 1
Connections

Operated By

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia, Commercial Crew Program (English edition)

Spacecraft Of

Boeing Starliner, Spacecraft
Source Wikipedia: Boeing Starliner
Crew Dragon, Spacecraft
Source SpaceX Dragon 2 (Wikipedia)
CST-100 Starliner, Spacecraft
Source Wikipedia: Boeing Starliner
Sources
1. Wikipedia, Commercial Crew Program (English edition)
  • Lead: kind of mission
    provides commercially operated crew transportation service to and from the International Space Station
  • Lead: first operational mission
    The program's first operational mission, SpaceX Crew-1, launched on 16 November 2020
  • Operated By: NASA, Lead: operator
    under contract to NASA
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Wikipedia: Boeing Starliner
  • Includes: CST-100 Starliner, Article text: mission or program
    under NASA's Commercial Crew Program
  • Spacecraft Of: CST-100 Starliner, Article text: mission or program
    under NASA's Commercial Crew Program
  • Includes: Boeing Starliner, Article text: mission or program
    under NASA's Commercial Crew Program
  • Spacecraft Of: Boeing Starliner, Article text: mission or program
    under NASA's Commercial Crew Program
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SpaceX Dragon 2 (Wikipedia)
  • Includes: Crew Dragon, Article text: mission or program
    to transport crews to and from the ISS under NASA's Commercial Crew Program
  • Spacecraft Of: Crew Dragon, Article text: mission or program
    to transport crews to and from the ISS under NASA's Commercial Crew Program
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