Human Spaceflight Operations

April 16, 2021: Congratulations to SpaceX on being selected by NASA to continue development of their commercial human lander as part of the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP-2) Program! The human lander will join the Space Launch System, Orion spacecraft, [...]

April 30, 2020: NASA announced the winners of the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP-2): Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX. Many milestones are expected to be met by NextSTEP-2, with the primary goal being landing astronauts on the Moon no later [...]