Nevada – Spaceflight Now

November 15, 2019

Breaking News

[ November 14, 2019 ] Complex spacewalk repair work begins Friday Mission Reports
[ November 13, 2019 ] SpaceX fires up Crew Dragon thrusters in key test after April explosion Mission Reports
[ November 13, 2019 ] Video: Crew Dragon tests abort thrusters at Cape Canaveral Mission Reports
[ November 13, 2019 ] Japanese sample return craft departs asteroid, heads for Earth Mission Reports
[ November 13, 2019 ] Photos: Falcon 9 launches with 60 Starlink satellites Falcon 9

Commercial crew capsules still beset by parachute problems

May 9, 2019

A malfunction during a drop test over Nevada last month for SpaceX’s Crew Dragon program has engineers re-examining the crew capsule’s parachutes, and Boeing has also encountered parachute failures during testing for its commercial crew capsule, a senior NASA official confirmed Wednesday.