NASA to resume human space flight, focus on Mars
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STORY: NASA will partner with Boeing and SpaceX to build commercially owned and operated "space taxis" to fly astronauts to the International Space Station, ending U.S. dependence on Russia for rides, officials said on Tuesday (September 16).
Both companies are already sending cargo resupply ships to the space agency but Tuesday's announcement marks the first time private sector companies will be entrusted with ferrying humans to the space station, NASA said.
The move to turn over "lower earth orbit" transportation to private industry will allow the space agency to focus on more ambitious missions like sending humans to Mars, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden told reporters during a news conference at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
"Today's announcement sets the stage for what promises to be the most ambitious and exciting chapter in the history of NASA and human space flight," Bolden said.
"For the first time in more than 40 ye
STORY: NASA will partner with Boeing and SpaceX to build commercially owned and operated "space taxis" to fly astronauts to the International Space Station, ending U.S. dependence on Russia for rides, officials said on Tuesday (September 16).
Both companies are already sending cargo resupply ships to the space agency but Tuesday's announcement marks the first time private sector companies will be entrusted with ferrying humans to the space station, NASA said.
The move to turn over "lower earth orbit" transportation to private industry will allow the space agency to focus on more ambitious missions like sending humans to Mars, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden told reporters during a news conference at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
"Today's announcement sets the stage for what promises to be the most ambitious and exciting chapter in the history of NASA and human space flight," Bolden said.
"For the first time in more than 40 ye