Participated in NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS), and later, Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) programs for delivering cargo and crew to the International Space Station.
Created: 2021-07-17
Updated: 2022-02-19
Product/Service
- Classification
- Cargo Transportation & Landers
- Category
- Transport Service (Earth-LEO)
Space Tourism Activities
Transport Service (Re-Entry)
- Fields
- Space Capsule
- Status
- Dormant
- First launch
- Dormant
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