In 2014, SpaceX and Boeing respectively received $2.6 billion and $4.2 billion contracts to build crew transportation systems under the commercial crew program, NASA's flagship campaign to use the ...

In 2014, SpaceX and Boeing respectively received $2.6 billion and $4.2 billion contracts to build crew transportation systems under the commercial crew program, NASA's flagship campaign to use the ...

The ISS is due to retire by 2030, leaving little room for Boeing to fulfill its end of the $4.3 billion Commercial Crew Program contract with NASA.

Sunday's launch of SpaceX's Crew-1 mission, and its successful docking with the ISS late Monday night, marks the very first operational flight of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Despite potential funding troubles, a new sense of optimism is surrounding NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) to transport crews to and from the International Space Station (ISS) by 2017.