Boeing: Commercial Crew Development (CST-100)

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Boeing's commercial crew program consists of developing, manufacturing, testing and evaluating, and demonstrating the CST-100 spacecraft, launch vehicle and mission operations -- all part of Boeing's Commercial Crew Transportation System (CCTS) -- for NASA's new Commercial Crew human spaceflight program that will provide flights to the International Space Station. Boeing's system will also be capable of supporting Bigelow Aerospace's planned orbital space complex. The program is based on the company's experience and innovation over the past 50 years of human spaceflight and nearly 100 years of commercial aviation.

The CST-100 is a reusable capsule-shaped spacecraft based on proven materials and subsystem technologies that can transport up to seven people, or a combination of people and cargo. Boeing has designed the spacecraft to be compatible with a variety of expendable rockets and selected the United Launch Alliance's Atlas V launch vehicle for initial CST-100 test flights in 2015.

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• Boeing
• CST-100
• CCDev
• Space Station
• Commercial

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