OUR NASA will continue to use operations SpaceX for their missions in international space station (ISS) until 2030. The US space agency has announced that it will award a five-flight contract with Elon Musk, increasing the number of contracted manned flights to eight. OUR NASA have already extended contracts for supply missions ISS in March.

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The cost of the contract for these five flights was not disclosed. However, having hired three more manned missions in February, NASA paid $3.5 billion. operations for ISS use rockets Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon capsules/spaceships. The Crew Dragon 4 mission is currently docked. Seasonwhile Crew Dragon 5 will be released in September and Crew Dragon 6 will be released only in 2023.

New contract between NASA and SpaceX ensures that the company musk continue until at least 2030, flying in ISS. But she won’t be alone until the end of the decade. Recently Boeing completed testing of its transport capsule star liner. This spacecraft will soon receive clearance from NASA for manned flights ISS.

More missions for companies

OUR NASA extended contracts with SpaceX and Northrop Grumman in March. Two companies will carry out six more missions Commercial Supply Services-2 (CRS-2) – Commercial replenishment services, loosely translated – each. These missions serve to replenish ISS with supplies. The contract extension may be due to US government sanctions against Russia. OUR roscosmosRussian space agency often uses Soyuz spacecraft for refueling ISS. However, there are concerns about roscosmos and the war in Ukraine affect future missions with ISS

OUR SpaceX use the spaceship The Dragon and your missiles Falcon 9 for missions TsRS-2while manned missions use Crew Dragon. Due to contract extension Elon Musk company will reach a total of 15 resupply missions. already Northman Grumman 14. The maximum amount that companies can receive from missions Commercial Procurement Services-2 is $14 billion (each). This value depends on the total number of missions, SpaceX and Northrop Grumman completed. OUR NASA also hired Sierra Nevada Corporation for missions TsRS-2. Nonetheless Sierra performed only three restocks for now.

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At the same time, the company launched Starlink RV, which targets trailers and motorhomes.

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Source: Cosmos