SpaceX, Boeing Will Send Astronauts to International Space Station in 2017

SpaceX and Boeing will start sending astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2017, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has confirmed. In 2014, under the Commercial Crew Program (CCP), NASA awarded contracts to SpaceX and Boeing to start sending astronauts to the ISS from U.S. soil. The contracts were a step forward for ending the reliance on Russia for sending astronauts to the space station. NASA revealed last year that the CCP contract to Boeing was worth up to $4.2 billion and up to $2.6 billion for SpaceX. More

(Source: Tech Times - Jan 29)