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Dragon 2 remains on track for her maiden flight to the International Space Station (ISS) in March following a green light from the key Flight Readiness Review (FRR) on Friday. The Agency Level FRR meeting was the final review stage from all relevant elements involving SpaceX, NASA Commercial Crew and the ISS program, with the milestones now progressing towards a SpaceX Launch Readiness Review (LRR) a few days prior to the March 2 target.
Dragon 2’s uncrewed mission to the ISS is a major step towards the United States regaining domestic crew launch capability.
Both Dragon 2 and Boeing’s Starliner are aiming to conduct successful maiden flights to the orbital outpost in order to validate their systems ahead of their first crewed missions.
With SpaceX’s DM-2 set to be the first launch of crew in the summer, that mission will finally return a capability lost when Shuttle Atlantis landed in 2011 to conclude STS-135.
Sources:
- https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/02/spacex-gains-frr-green-light-dm-1-iss/
- http://launchlibrary.net/
Dragon 2’s uncrewed mission to the ISS is a major step towards the United States regaining domestic crew launch capability.
Both Dragon 2 and Boeing’s Starliner are aiming to conduct successful maiden flights to the orbital outpost in order to validate their systems ahead of their first crewed missions.
With SpaceX’s DM-2 set to be the first launch of crew in the summer, that mission will finally return a capability lost when Shuttle Atlantis landed in 2011 to conclude STS-135.
Sources:
- https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/02/spacex-gains-frr-green-light-dm-1-iss/
- http://launchlibrary.net/