{"id":382246,"date":"2023-06-29T16:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T20:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=382246"},"modified":"2023-07-28T10:18:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T14:18:11","slug":"commercial-crew-rockets","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/spaceships-and-rockets\/commercial-crew-rockets\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercial Crew Rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" 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class=\"usa-nav__submenu\" hidden><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/destinations\/\">Destinations<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/spaceships-and-rockets\/\">Spaceships and Rockets<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/news-and-events\/\">News and Events<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/humans-in-space-multimedia\/\">Multimedia<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"padding-0 bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-page-intro width-full maxw-full padding-y-6 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-none desktop:display-block margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-18\">Spaceships and Rockets<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"heading-41\">Commercial Crew Rockets<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg margin-0 margin-bottom-2\">NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program is delivering safe, reliable, and cost- effective human transportation to and from the International Space Station from the United States through a partnership with American private industry. A new generation of rockets capable of carrying astronauts to low Earth orbit and the International Space Station provides expanded utility, additional research time, and broader opportunities for discovery on the orbiting laboratory.<br><br>The station is a critical testbed for NASA to understand and overcome the challenges of long- duration spaceflight. As commercial companies focus on providing human transportation services to and from low Earth orbit, NASA is freed up to focus on building spacecraft and rockets for deep space missions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-lg flex-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-6 margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#AtlasV\" class=\"display-flex line-height-sm color-carbon-black text-no-underline flex-align-center border-bottom-1px border-color-carbon-30-important padding-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Atlas V<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-0\" width=\"8\" height=\"10\" viewBox=\"0 0 8 10\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M3.40281 4.46225e-07L3.40281 7.87725L0.836149 5.47479L4.90799e-07 6.25727L4 10L8 6.25727L7.16385 5.47479L4.59719 7.87725L4.59719 6.0285e-07L3.40281 4.46225e-07Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-6 margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#Falcon9\" class=\"display-flex line-height-sm color-carbon-black text-no-underline flex-align-center border-bottom-1px border-color-carbon-30-important padding-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Falcon 9<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-0\" width=\"8\" height=\"10\" viewBox=\"0 0 8 10\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M3.40281 4.46225e-07L3.40281 7.87725L0.836149 5.47479L4.90799e-07 6.25727L4 10L8 6.25727L7.16385 5.47479L4.59719 7.87725L4.59719 6.0285e-07L3.40281 4.46225e-07Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"AtlasV\">Atlas V<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/boeing-starliner-atop-atlas-v-rocket-launch-pad\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/49240591762_d72eff44ff_o.jpg?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Starliner atop Atlas V rocket at night\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 51% 37%; object-position: 51% 37%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/49240591762_d72eff44ff_o.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/49240591762_d72eff44ff_o.jpg?resize=300,214 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/49240591762_d72eff44ff_o.jpg?resize=768,549 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/49240591762_d72eff44ff_o.jpg?resize=1024,732 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/49240591762_d72eff44ff_o.jpg?resize=400,286 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/49240591762_d72eff44ff_o.jpg?resize=600,429 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/49240591762_d72eff44ff_o.jpg?resize=900,643 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing\u2019s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft onboard is seen illuminated by spotlights on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 ahead of the Orbital Flight Test mission, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket has launched science, cargo, and will launch crew to the <a href=\"\/international-space-station\/\">International Space Station<\/a>. On May 19, 2022, an Atlas V rocket launched Boeing\u2019s uncrewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/spaceships-and-rockets\/commercial-crew-spacecraft\/#Starliner\">CST-100 Starliner<\/a> spacecraft on a flight test to the International Space Station as part of NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/commercial-space\/commercial-crew-program\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"167100\">Commercial Crew Program<\/a> \u2013 a critical step on the path toward certifying Boeing\u2019s human transportation system for regular, crewed flights to the space station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA and Boeing continue to evaluate data from the company\u2019s second uncrewed flight test on the CST-100 Starliner system, Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2), to prove its capability to carry astronauts to low Earth orbit and the International Space Station. Following the successful launch of OFT-2, potential launch opportunities for Boeing\u2019s crewed flight test on Starliner are under review. If successful, this paves the way for NASA\u2019s certification of Boeing\u2019s astronaut transportation system for regular missions to the space station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atlas rockets have evolved over four decades to become the Atlas V rocket that is used today. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-john-h-glenn\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"335197\">John Glenn<\/a> became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/glenn-orbits-the-earth\/\">first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth<\/a> after being launched on a heritage Atlas LV-3B rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 1962.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Technical Overview<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Diameter: 3.81 meters (12.5 feet)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Height: 62.5 meters (205 feet)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mass: 21,173 kilograms (46,678 pounds)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Falcon9\">Falcon 9<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/52718825148_c75cec0b58_o.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/52718825148_c75cec0b58_o.jpeg?w=985\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Dragon spacecraft on top is seen at sunset on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 0%; object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/52718825148_c75cec0b58_o.jpeg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/52718825148_c75cec0b58_o.jpeg?resize=300,192 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/52718825148_c75cec0b58_o.jpeg?resize=768,493 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/52718825148_c75cec0b58_o.jpeg?resize=400,257 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/52718825148_c75cec0b58_o.jpeg?resize=600,385 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/52718825148_c75cec0b58_o.jpeg?resize=900,577 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon spacecraft on top is seen at sunset on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-6 mission, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. Falcon 9 is the first orbital class rocket capable of re-flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Falcon 9 made history in May 2020 when it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronauts-launch-from-america-in-historic-test-flight-of-spacex-crew-dragon\/\" data-type=\"press-release\" data-id=\"52181\">launched two American astronauts<\/a> on an American spacecraft from American soil to the International Space Station as part of NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program \u2013 the first time since the retirement of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/space-shuttle\/\">Space Shuttle Program<\/a> in 2011. Falcon 9 has since successfully launched 24 more astronauts to the space station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Falcon 9 began delivering cargo to the International Space Station for NASA in 2012, making SpaceX the first commercial company to visit the station. Falcon 9 went on to make numerous trips to space, delivering satellites to orbit as well as delivering and returning cargo from the space station for NASA, before becoming certified to launch astronauts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Technical Overview<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Diameter: 3.7 meters (12 feet)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Height: 70 meters (229.6 feet)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mass: 549,054 kilograms (1,207,920 pounds)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-topic-cards nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-topic-cards\">\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-2\">Keep Exploring<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-36 line-height-sm\">Discover More Topics From NASA<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2 hds-topic-cards-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/spaceships-and-rockets\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Spaceships and Rockets<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maf_20220830_ksc_artemis1_epb_005_large.jpg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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