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SpaceX Delays Crew Dragon’s First Flight To August

By Marc Selinger

Wednesday, January 17th, 2018

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SpaceX Delays Crew Dragon’s First Flight To August

SpaceX's Dragon space capsule awaits its launch as part of an uncrewed pad abort test. Photo: SpaceX.

SpaceX has delayed the first two flights of its new Crew Dragon spacecraft by several months because the company's development work needs more time, a NASA official said Jan. 17.Crew Dragon, which SpaceX is developing to transport astronauts to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, will now have its first unmanned flight in August instead of the second quarter of 2018, said William Gerstenmaier, NASA’s associate administrator for human exploration and operations. The first manned flight has moved…

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