Space Shuttle Endeavour | The California Science Center When the space shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System (STS), rocketed off the launch pad for the first time in 1981, it became the world’s first reusable spacecraft to carry humans into orbit
International Space Station Visiting Vehicles - NASA The “Georges Lemaitre” Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-5), photographed by an Expedition 40 crew member, approaches the aft port of the International Space Station’s Zvezda Service Module
Space shuttle | Names, Challenger, Columbia, Definition, Facts . . . Space shuttle, partially reusable rocket-launched vehicle designed to go into orbit around Earth, to transport people and cargo to and from orbiting spacecraft, and to glide to a runway landing on its return to Earth’s surface
Commercial Crew Program - Wikipedia The spacecraft, NASA's Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), could even carry six-astronaut crews to the International Space Station (ISS) or fly automated resupply shipments as needed, NASA chief Michael Griffin said
CST-100 Starliner - The Boeing Company Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner spacecraft is being developed in collaboration with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program The Starliner was designed to accommodate seven passengers, or a mix of crew and cargo, for missions to low Earth orbit For NASA service missions to the International Space Station, it will carry up to four NASA-sponsored crew members and time-critical
Commercial Crew Program Overview | Spaceline The Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner is Boeing’s entry into the NASA Commercial Crew Program, intended to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station
What spacecraft is used to transport astronauts to the ISS? - Park (ing . . . The primary spacecraft currently used to transport astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) are the Crew Dragon capsule, developed by SpaceX, and the Soyuz spacecraft, a Russian-built vehicle with a long and storied history
SpaceX - Mission: ISS Designed from the beginning to transport people, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft is capable of carrying both NASA and commercial astronauts to destinations in low-Earth orbit, the Moon and beyond