NASA on Wednesday announced it has awarded five more astronaut missions to SpaceX, with a contract worth an additional $1.4 billion to the company.
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft has been competing with Boeing and its Starliner capsule for contracts under Commercial Crew. While both companies have now been awarded nearly $5 billion to develop and launch their respective capsules, SpaceX has won 14 missions and Boeing has garnered six. The latter has yet to launch astronauts with Starliner.
