{"id":544140,"date":"2026-09-19T02:02:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=1048645"},"modified":"2026-09-19T02:02:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:02:31","slug":"nasa-awards-spacex-three-crew-flights-to-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=544140","title":{"rendered":"NASA Awards SpaceX Three Crew Flights to Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft launches NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station on March 14, 2025.<\/div>\n
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To continue regular crew transportation to the International Space Station, NASA has awarded<\/a> SpaceX three additional missions through a contract modification.<\/p>\n

As part of the agency\u2019s Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract, this change brings the total missions for SpaceX to 17 and helps NASA to maintain access to the space station with two unique commercial crew industry partners.<\/p>\n

This is a firm fixed-price, indefinite-delivery\/indefinite-quantity contract modification for the Crew-15, Crew-16, and Crew-17. The value of this modification for all three missions and related mission services is $946 million. The amount includes ground, launch, in-orbit, and return and recovery operations, cargo transportation for each mission, and a lifeboat capability while docked to the International Space Station. The period of performance runs through 2030 and brings the total CCtCap contract value with SpaceX to $5.92 billion.<\/p>\n

The award follows the agency issuing a notice of intent<\/a> in May to purchase the additional missions. The current sole source modification does not preclude NASA from seeking future contract modifications for additional transportation services, as needed.<\/p>\n

In 2014, NASA awarded the CCtCap contracts to Boeing and SpaceX through a public-private partnership as part of the agency\u2019s Commercial Crew Program. Under CCtCap, NASA certifies that a provider\u2019s space transportation system meets the agency\u2019s requirements prior to flying missions with astronauts.<\/p>\n

SpaceX was certified by NASA for crew transportation in November 2020. The company’s twelfth crew rotation mission for the agency, the Crew-12 mission, is currently in orbit docked to the space station. As part of the missions, SpaceX\u2019s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket transport up to four astronauts, along with critical cargo, to the space station.<\/p>\n

For information about NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Office, visit:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/exploration\/commercial\/crew<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To continue regular crew transportation to the International Space Station, NASA has awarded SpaceX three additional missions through a contract modification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15688,15651],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-544140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commercial-crew","category-international-space-station-iss"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t