And the agency has been forced to continue to rely on Russia for rides to the space station at a cost of as much as $84 million a seat. ADADLast spring, a Dragon capsule exploded during a test of its abort engines. And a test of its Starliner capsule in December was cut short when a software problem prevented the spacecraft from docking with the space station as intended. NASA has said it is looking into whether it should force the company to fly another test mission without crews before allowing astronauts on board. Veteran NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, who would be on SpaceX’s first test mission with people, said they were pleased with the outcome of the test.

Source: Washington Post January 19, 2020 15:42 UTC