American-Made Spacecraft Selected to Transport U.S. Astronauts to the International Space Station

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Channel: NASA's Kennedy Space Center · 2014 · Science & Technology

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U.S. astronauts will once again travel to and from the International Space Station from the United States on American spacecraft under groundbreaking contracts NASA announced today. The agency unveiled its selection of Boeing and SpaceX to transport U.S. crews to and from the space station using the CST-100 and Crew Dragon, respectively, with a goal of ending the nation’s sole reliance on Russia in 2017. NASA Administrator and former astronaut Charles Bolden made the announcement Sept. 16, 2014, from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

To learn more about the Commercial Crew Program, visit www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew.

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