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Spacesuited Astronauts Climb Aboard Boeing CST-100 Commercial Crew Capsule for Key Tests
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik prepares to enter the CST-100 spacecraft, which was built inside The Boeing Company’s Houston Product Support Center. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz
A pair of NASA astronauts donned their spacesuits for key fit check evaluations inside a test version of the Boeing Company’s CST-100 commercial space taxi which was unveiled this week for the world’s first view of the cabin’s interior.
Boeing is among a trio of American aerospace firms, including SpaceX and Sierra Nevada Corp, seeking to restore America’s capability to fly humans to Earth orbit using seed money from NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP).
Astronauts Serena Aunon and Randy Bresnik conducted a day long series of flight suit evaluations – while wearing NASA’s iconic orange launch-and-entry(…)
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Post tags: Atlas V, Atlas V rocket, boeing CST 100, commercial spaceflight, CST-100, Dragon capsule, dream chaser, human spaceflight, NASA, Orion Capsule, Sierra Nevada, SLS, Space Launch System (SLS), SpaceX
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