Boeing and SpaceX Awarded Contracts to Fill The Void Left by NASA’s Retired Space Shuttles

The vehicles which will fill the void left by the retirement of NASA’s space shuttle fleet for low-Earth orbit and ISS crew transport, the Boeing CST-100 and Dragon V2 space capsules. Photo: Boeing / Robert Fisher / AmericaSpace

In 2010, with the retirement of NASA’s 30-year space shuttle program coming to a close, the [...]