NASA awards SpaceX a $946 million contract to fly three more astronaut missions to the ISS, expanding the program through 2030
NASA awarded SpaceX a $946 million contract to fly three more astronaut missions to the International Space Station, extending SpaceX's crewed flights through 2030. The deal brings SpaceX's total NASA astronaut flights under the contract to 17 and raises the contract's total value to $5.92 billion.
Key facts
- 01NASA awarded SpaceX a $946 million contract to fly three more astronaut missions to the ISS.
- 02The contract extends SpaceX's crewed flights to the ISS through 2030; total now 17 flights under the contract.
- 03The total value of the NASA-Spacex contract rises to $5.92 billion.
- 04The contract covers preparing astronauts and spacecraft on the ground, launching them, operating the mission in space, bringing crews home and recovering the capsule, and carrying supplies and keeping the spacecraft at the station as an emergency escape vehicle.
- 05NASA wants SpaceX and Boeing operating crew flights so that issues with one do not halt US astronaut access to the station.
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