Nevada – Spaceflight Now

August 4, 2021

Breaking News

[ August 3, 2021 ] Chinese commercial launcher fails during climb to orbit Mission Reports
[ August 3, 2021 ] China launches Tianhui military mapping satellite Mission Reports
[ August 3, 2021 ] Launch of Boeing crew capsule scrubbed due to propulsion system issue Atlas 5
[ August 2, 2021 ] Boeing crew capsule set for launch Tuesday on test flight to space station Atlas 5
[ August 2, 2021 ] In battle with Russian lab module, space station ‘brought a knife to a gun fight’ Atlas 5

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.