Commercial Crew Program

E33425

The Commercial Crew Program is a NASA initiative that partners with private companies to develop and operate crewed spacecraft for transporting astronauts to and from low Earth orbit, including the International Space Station.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (8)

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA human spaceflight program
commercial spaceflight program
aimsTo develop commercially operated crewed spacecraft
end U.S. reliance on foreign crew transport to the ISS
stimulate commercial spaceflight industry
transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station
transport astronauts to low Earth orbit
announcedBy NASA
announcedIn 2010
country United States of America
surface form: United States
developsVehicle Starliner spacecraft
surface form: Boeing CST-100 Starliner

Dream Chaser spaceplane
surface form: Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser crewed variant (early phase)

Dragon spacecraft
surface form: SpaceX Crew Dragon
firstCrewedStarlinerTestFlight Boe-CFT (Crew Flight Test)
surface form: CFT (Crew Flight Test)
firstCrewedStarlinerTestFlightYear 2024
firstCrewedTestFlight Crew Dragon Demo-2
surface form: SpaceX Demo-2
firstCrewedTestFlightYear 2020
firstOperationalCrewFlight Crew-1
surface form: SpaceX Crew-1
firstOperationalCrewFlightYear 2020
focusesOnOrbit low Earth orbit
fundingModel fixed-price contracts
public–private partnership
keyPartner Blue Origin
Boeing
Sierra Nevada Corporation
SpaceX
United Launch Alliance
missionType crewed orbital spaceflight
motivatedBy retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011
operator NASA
overseesCertification Boeing CST-100 Starliner for crewed ISS missions
SpaceX Crew Dragon for crewed ISS missions
parentOrganization NASA Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate
NASA Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate
surface form: NASA Space Operations Mission Directorate
partOf NASA human spaceflight efforts
predecessor Space Shuttle program for U.S. crew access to ISS
primaryDestination International Space Station program
surface form: International Space Station
providesService crew return from the International Space Station
crew transportation to the International Space Station
relatedProgram NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
surface form: Commercial Orbital Transportation Services

NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
surface form: Commercial Resupply Services
replaces NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
surface form: NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program for crew transportation
requiresCapability autonomous rendezvous and docking
launch abort system
up to seven crew capacity (design capability)
safetyStandard NASA human-rating requirements
startYear 2010
usesLaunchSite Cape Canaveral LC-41
surface form: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex 41

Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
usesLaunchVehicle Atlas V
surface form: Atlas V N22

Falcon 9 rocket
surface form: Falcon 9 Block 5

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NASA Space Shuttle program followedBy Commercial Crew Program
SpaceX notableProgram Commercial Crew Program
this entity surface form: Commercial Crew Program with NASA
Dragon spacecraft designedFor Commercial Crew Program
this entity surface form: NASA Commercial Crew Program
Falcon rocket family usedForProgram Commercial Crew Program
Starliner spacecraft designedFor Commercial Crew Program
this entity surface form: NASA Commercial Crew Program
Starliner spacecraft program Commercial Crew Program
this entity surface form: NASA Commercial Crew Program
Space Transportation System successorProgram Commercial Crew Program
STS-135 relatedProgram Commercial Crew Program
NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program relatedTo Commercial Crew Program
this entity surface form: NASA Commercial Crew & Cargo Program Office
NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program oversightOffice Commercial Crew Program
this entity surface form: Commercial Crew & Cargo Program Office
NASA Docking System (Crew Dragon) associatedWithProgram Commercial Crew Program
subject surface form: NASA Docking System
this entity surface form: NASA Commercial Crew Program
NASA Authorization Act of 2010 relatesToProgram Commercial Crew Program
NASA spacecraft includes Commercial Crew Program
this entity surface form: Commercial Crew Program vehicles (NASA missions)
Boe-CFT (Crew Flight Test) program Commercial Crew Program
subject surface form: Boe-CFT
this entity surface form: NASA Commercial Crew Program
NASA Astronaut Corps worksWith Commercial Crew Program
United States civil space program currentProgram Commercial Crew Program
Boe-OFT (Orbital Flight Test) program Commercial Crew Program
this entity surface form: NASA Commercial Crew Program
Boe-OFT (Orbital Flight Test) customer Commercial Crew Program
this entity surface form: NASA Commercial Crew Program
Boe-OFT-2 program Commercial Crew Program
this entity surface form: NASA Commercial Crew Program
Boe-OFT-2 relatedProgram Commercial Crew Program
this entity surface form: Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap)
Crew-1 program Commercial Crew Program
Launch pads 39A and 39B usedForProgram Commercial Crew Program
subject surface form: Launch Pad 39A
Crew Dragon Demo-2 program Commercial Crew Program
Constellation program successorProgram Commercial Crew Program
this entity surface form: NASA Commercial Crew Program
NASA and SpaceX program Commercial Crew Program
subject surface form: NASA
NASA and SpaceX collaborateOn Commercial Crew Program
Space Shuttle successorProgram Commercial Crew Program
Crew Dragon Demo-1 program Commercial Crew Program
SpaceX Dragon program firstCrewMissionProgram Commercial Crew Program
SpaceX Dragon program commercialCrewProvider Commercial Crew Program
this entity surface form: NASA Commercial Crew Program
COTS relatedProgram Commercial Crew Program
Space Act Agreements relatedTo Commercial Crew Program
this entity surface form: NASA Commercial Crew Program
Crew Dragon program Commercial Crew Program
Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) managedBy Commercial Crew Program
subject surface form: Commercial Resupply Services
this entity surface form: NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Office
Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) relatedProgram Commercial Crew Program
subject surface form: Commercial Resupply Services
Soichi Noguchi participantIn Commercial Crew Program
NASA White Sands Test Facility supportsProgram Commercial Crew Program
HEOMD overseesProgram Commercial Crew Program