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A look back at Elon Musk's 2014 tour of the Dragon V2 capsule, when returning human spaceflight from American soil was still a vision, and how today SpaceX's Dragon routinely carries astronauts to orbit.
NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission launched successfully aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station for a multi-month science expedition. The Dragon spacecraft's autonomous docking is expected to be the fastest launch-to-docking by a U.S. spacecraft in ISS history.
Boeing is set to become the nation's only provider of astronaut transportation to low-Earth orbit for NASA after the retirement of SpaceX's Dragon, as the space agency extends its partnership with Boeing for future missions.
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg says Starliner's propulsion redesign is going well, and the spacecraft could launch a cargo test flight to the ISS this year, pending port availability. A crewed mission might follow in late 2027 if the cargo flight succeeds.
NASA's inspector general reports that Boeing's Starliner crew capsule certification may be delayed to 2027, a decade behind schedule, due to unresolved technical issues including helium leaks and thruster overheating.