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SpaceX's new astronaut taxi won't make its inaugural trip to the International Space Station (ISS) this month after all.

SpaceX and Boeing are developing commercial space capsules — called Crew Dragon and CST-100 Starliner, respectively — to carry NASA astronauts to and from the orbiting lab.

SpaceX had been targeting Feb. 23 for Crew Dragon's shakeout cruise to the ISS, an uncrewed flight called Demo-1. Starliner was scheduled to perform a similar mission in March. But launch dates for both flights have just been pushed to the right, NASA announced today (Feb. 6). [Crew Dragon and Starliner: A Look at the Upcoming Astronaut Taxis]

"The agency now is targeting March 2 for launch of SpaceX's Crew Dragon on its uncrewed Demo-1 test flight. Boeing's uncrewed Orbital Flight Test is targeted for launch no earlier than April," NASA officials wrote in the status update.

Source: https://www.space.com/43250-spacex-boeing-commercial-crew-test-launches-delayed.html

Original Submission

1. "MrPlow" - https://soylentnews.org/~MrPlow/
2. " Crew Dragon" - https://www.space.com/41482-space-crew-dragon-behind-the-scenes-photos.html
3. " CST-100 Starliner" - https://www.space.com/19367-boeing-cst-100.html
4. "SpaceX had been targeting Feb. 23" - https://www.space.com/43122-spacex-test-fires-crew-dragon-falcon9-rocket.html
5. "Crew Dragon and Starliner: A Look at the Upcoming Astronaut Taxis" - https://www.space.com/41367-commercial-crew-spacecraft-starliner-dragon.html
6. " wrote in the status update" - https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2019/02/06/nasa-partners-update-commercial-crew-launch-dates/
7. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=31657

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