Private companies drive 'new space race' at NASA center
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August 31, 2017
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — For the first time since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011, NASA says it may soon have the capability to send astronauts to the International Space Station from U.S. soil.
Critical milestones are on the horizon for Boeing and SpaceX, the space agency's commercial crew partners: Flight tests of their spacecraft, including crewed missions, are planned for 2018.
That's launched something of a "new space race" at the Kennedy Space Center, officials said.
"We have invested a lot as a center, as a nation into Kennedy Space Center to ready us for that next 50 yea...
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