[Discuss] SpaceX's Crew Dragon and Falcon

Space News
space history and artifacts articles

Messages
space history discussion forums

Sightings
worldwide astronaut appearances

Resources
selected space history documents

collectSPACE: Messages

Commercial Space - Military Space

[Discuss] SpaceX's Crew Dragon and Falcon (Page 2)

profile | register | preferences | faq | search

This topic is 2 pages long: 1 2

next newest topic | next oldest topic

Author

Topic: [Discuss] SpaceX's Crew Dragon and Falcon

Robert Pearlman
Editor

Posts: 44004
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 06-03-2020 06:48 PM

NASA has modified SpaceX's commercial crew contract to allow for the use of flight-proven (reused) Falcon 9 rockets and Crew Dragon spacecraft for crewed missions beginning with Crew 2 (Post-Certification Mission-2 or PCM-2).

The purpose of this bilateral modification is to extend the Demo-2 flight test from two weeks to up to 119 days and add the requirement for 45th Operations Group Detachment 3 (DET-3) joint test training for PCM-1 through PCM-6 in exchange for allowing reuse of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Crew Dragon spacecraft beginning with PCM-2.

oly
Member

Posts: 1050
From: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: Apr 2015

posted 06-03-2020 07:50 PM

Great news for SpaceX and NASA, leveraging the reuse capability of the system will help to develop and refine the operation and benefit the program.

It is a shame that the number of missions has not been increased.

This topic is 2 pages long: 1 2 All times are CT (US)	next newest topic \| next oldest topic
Administrative Options: Close Topic \| Archive/Move \| Delete Topic
	Hop to:

Contact Us | The Source for Space History & Artifacts

Ultimate Bulletin Board 5.47a