Nevada – Spaceflight Now

August 12, 2020

Breaking News

[ August 7, 2020 ] ULA, SpaceX win landmark multibillion-dollar launch agreements with Pentagon News
[ August 7, 2020 ] SpaceX closes out busy week with launch of more Starlink satellites Falcon 9
[ August 6, 2020 ] Video: Rocketcams show Mars-bound rover’s ride into space Atlas 5
[ August 6, 2020 ] Earth observation and research satellites ride Chinese rocket into orbit Mission Reports
[ August 6, 2020 ] Live coverage: SpaceX launches more Starlinks from Kennedy Space Center 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.