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04.17.12
› Commercial Spaceflight - 60 Day Report, Issue 6 (PDF)
› CCDev2 Milestone Charts
Sixth issue, with articles on the progress of industry partners on CCDev2 milestones, roles and responsibilities for the government and commercial partners with respect to mishaps that may occur during test flights, and the key role of NASA's human spaceflight knowledge and experience in the development of crew transportation systems.
02.16.12
› Commercial Spaceflight - 60 Day Report, Issue 5 (PDF)
› CCDev2 Milestone Charts
Fifth issue of the bi-monthly newsletter with information on the CCiCap announcement, eight more SAA milestones completed by industry partners, and the value of technical interchange meetings (TIMs) between NASA and commercial partners.
12.14.11
› Commercial Spaceflight - 60 Day Report, Issue 4 (PDF)
› CCDev2 Milestone Schedule (PDF)
Fourth issue of the bi-monthly newsletter with information on COTS partner launch schedules, an update on milestones met by CCDev2 partners, and the new agreement between NASA and Excalibur Almaz, Inc.
10.21.11
› Commercial Spaceflight - 60 Day Report, Issue 3 (PDF)
› CCDev2 Milestone Schedule (PDF)
Third issue of the bi-monthly newsletter with updates on the progress of Commercial Crew industry partners, Boeing's successful air bag drop test, NASA's new partnership with ATK, and information on NASA astronauts assigned to work with commercial partners.
08.18.11
› Commercial Spaceflight - 60 Day Report, Issue 2 (PDF)
› CCDev2 Milestone Schedule (PDF)
Second issue of the bi-monthly newsletter, with updates on SpaceX, CCDev2, commercial partners and NASA's new ULA partnership.
06.28.11
› Commercial Spaceflight - 60 Day Report, Issue 1 (PDF)
First issue of the bi-monthly newsletter detailing accomplishments, progress and happenings in NASA's commercial spaceflight development programs.
Fact Sheets
› Commercial Crew Program (PDF)
› Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) (PDF)
Documents
04.27.11
› Commercial Crew Market Assessment Final Report (PDF)
NASA prepared this commercial market assessment in response to direction in Section 301b of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-267).
12.10.10
› Commercial Crew Transportation System Requirements for NASA LEO Missions (PDF)
In May 2010, NASA released to industry the first version of our commercial human rating requirements in a document entitled, Commercial Human Rating Plan (CHRP). We received extensive and valuable feedback on that document from industry, and we incorporated that feedback, along with refined NASA understanding and planning, into the next version of the document.
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10.13.10
› Speech from the Commercial Human Spaceflight Symposium by Phil McAlister (PDF)
08.09.10
Commercial Crew Planning Status Forum
The Commercial Crew Initiative RFI, accompanied by the Commercial Human Rating Plan (CHRP), was published on May 21, 2010. Companies in the aerospace industry submitted responses to that RFI and several common themes emerged. On Aug. 9, 2010, NASA hosted a Commercial Crew Planning Status Forum to provide industry with general feedback and status.
› Commercial Crew Planning Status Forum Briefings (PDF)
› NASA's responses to questions and comments from the forum
03.10.10
› Commercial Crew Transportation: Government Insight/Oversight (PDF)
To assist with the planning for the commercial crew initiative, a document was written to define and describe the government’s approach to insight/oversight for the development of commercial crew vehicles and spacecraft. This document is for informational purposes only. NASA is not requesting formal feedback at this time. The approach described in this white paper is the current "point of departure" plan for government insight/oversight for commercial crew transportation. The KSC Commercial Crew Planning Office is in the process of defining the next level of detail on NASA’s approach. This more detailed planning may (or may not) result in changes to some aspects of the model described in the white paper.
CCDev2 Announcement: NASA Awards Next Set Of Commercial Crew Development Agreements
- Sierra Nevada Corporation Space Systems
- Boeing
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)
- Blue Origin
- United Launch Alliance
- Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK)
- Excalibur Almaz Inc.
Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) Space Act Agreements
- Blue Origin (NNJ10TA02S)
- Paragon Space Development Corporation (NNJ10TA03S)
- Sierra Nevada Corporation Space Systems
- The Boeing Company
- United Launch Alliance (NNJ10TA06S)
Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Demonstration (COTS)
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NNJ06TA26S)
- Orbital Corporation
- Kistler Aerospace Corporation and Rocketplane Limited, Inc. (NNJ06TA27S)
Commercial Space Transportation Capabilities Agreements
- Planetspace
- tSpace
- Spacehab
- SpaceDev
- CSI