Comments on: Commercial crew test flights delayed again https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/commercial-crew-test-flights-delayed-again/ Fri, 05 Oct 2018 17:19:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: geoffc https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/commercial-crew-test-flights-delayed-again/#comment-1060086 Fri, 05 Oct 2018 17:19:15 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54036#comment-1060086 Does the stack of paperwork exceed the height of the booster yet?

]]> By: Kirk https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/commercial-crew-test-flights-delayed-again/#comment-1060080 Fri, 05 Oct 2018 11:59:22 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54036#comment-1060080 Here is the official NASA release: Launch Dates to be Updated More Regularly as Commercial Crew Flights Draw Nearer (NASA, Oct. 4, 2018)

In addition to the SpaceX: January & June, Boeing: March & August dates, it says they are tentatively planning for the first two long-duration Expedition crew missions to be in August & December of 2019, “with the specific spacecraft yet to be determined.”

One thing that did hold for SpaceX is the five month span between DM-1 & DM-2. During this time they need to refurbish their DM-1 capsule and successfully refly it on an in-flight abort test, before proceeding to DM-2 (with a new capsule).

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