SpaceX wins three more NASA crew missions to space station
NASA awards SpaceX three additional Dragon missions as part of its commercial crew transportation program.
SpaceX has been awarded three additional missions to carry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station, the company announced on X. The missions will fly aboard Falcon 9 and Dragon from Florida.
The contract modification brings SpaceX's total crew missions under NASA's Commercial Crew Transportation Capability agreement to 17. "To continue regular crew transportation to the @Space_Station, NASA has awarded @SpaceX three additional missions through a contract modification," NASA's Space Operations account wrote in a statement SpaceX shared. "This change brings the total missions for SpaceX to 17 and helps @NASA to maintain access to the space station with two unique commercial crew industry partners."
The three new flights are designated as Crew-15, 16, and 17. NASA's commercial crew program relies on private partners to ferry astronauts to and from the orbiting laboratory, reducing the agency's reliance on any single provider.
"We’re excited for Falcon 9 and Dragon to launch @NASA’s Crew-15, 16, and 17 missions to the @Space_Station from Florida Quoting @NASASpaceOps: “To continue regular crew transportation to the @Space_Station, NASA has awarded @SpaceX three additional missions through a contract modification. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract, this change brings the"— X · @SpaceX