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HEO Commercial Spaceflight Development January 2021 Phil Mcalister, NASA HQ Agenda HEO Commercial Spaceflight Development January 2021 Phil McAlister, NASA HQ Agenda • Commercial Crew Program Recap and Status • Suborbital Crew Project Overview • Commercial Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Development Program Overview and Status • ISS National Lab/Center for the Advancement of Science In Space (CASIS) Status Commercial Crew Program Commercial Crew Program • NASA’s Commercial Crew Program has partnered with commercial companies, Boeing and SpaceX, for human space transportation to and from low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station. NASA required the systems carry up to four astronauts and 220 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station. • Goal: NASA’s Commercial Crew Program will provide safe, reliable and cost- effective transportation to and from the International Space Station and low- Earth orbit. • New Era: A new era of human spaceflight began as American astronauts launched on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket – the first commercially-owned and operated American rocket and spacecraft to launch from American soil. • Partnerships: NASA’s partnership with American private industry is changing the arc of human spaceflight history by opening access to low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station to more people, more science and more commercial opportunities. • Maximize Station: NASA’s Commercial Crew Program enables expanded International Space Station use, additional research time and broader opportunities of discovery aboard the orbiting laboratory. Demonstration-2 Mission Highlights • NASA and SpaceX delivered on the agency’s goal to return human spaceflight to the United States on an American rocket and spacecraft for the first time since the retirement of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. • NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are the first astronauts to launch, dock and return to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) on a commercially built, owned, and operated American rocket and spacecraft – opening a new era of human spaceflight. Astronauts Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley, and Chris Cassidy onboard the ISS • The mission lasted 63 days, the second longest mission for a U.S. spacecraft (Skylab 4 in 1973-74 was 84 days). • The addition of Bob and Doug allowed the ISS crew to conduct four critical spacewalks to install new batteries. • Doug and Bob conducted over 100 hours of science experimentation while on ISS. • All Demo-2 test objectives were successfully completed. Splashdown of the Demo-2 Spacecraft on August 2 Demonstration-2 Mission Media Highlights • On May 30 (launch day), peak viewership of the joint NASA/SpaceX launch TV broadcast across all viewing platforms was at least 10.3 million concurrent viewers, the most-watched event NASA has ever tracked. • On May 30, a busy news day with a high volume of social media conversation, #LaunchAmerica, #SpaceLaunchLive and “Bob and Doug” trended #1, #2 and #3 respectively on Twitter in the United States. C M Y K Fundada en 1881 por Don CarlosyDonBartolomé Godó www.correiobraziliense.com.br LONDRES, 1808, HIPÓLITO JOSÉ DA COSTA. BRASÍLIA, 1960, ASSIS CHATEAUBRIAND LUNES, 3DEAGOSTO DE 2020. 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