LOL, have we become jaded….SpaceX manned launch going on now

[pRICE cUBE]

I’m too lazy and uninterested why there is a launch. Is the payload something interesting or are they littering the sky with more Starlink?

[Carnos Jax]

No, it was a manned launch.

[pRICE cUBE]

Carnos Jax wrote:
No, it was a manned launch.

To accomplish what exactly?

[Carnos Jax]

Transfer crew to the space station.

[RAMd®d]

I don't see news much, mainstream or streamed, so there's that.

And with Musk bugging' as he is, I'm not much interested.

It's not fair to SpaceX, but there you have it.

[gadje]

what happened to Blue Origin or Orbital Sciences, I know they launched some astronauts into space but they ever dock to the ISS and do they do regular manned missions to ISS?

[Carnos Jax]

Neither have launched anyone to orbit yet.

[gabester]

gadje wrote:
what happened to Blue Origin or Orbital Sciences

I follow this stuff quite closely. Currently only SpaceX has the ability to launch crews with impunity in their Dragon capsule.

The Boeing Starliner has finally completed its tests including a successful crewed mission to the International Space Station and they should be able to fly more regularly, but at 2x-3x the cost of SpaceX.

Blue Origin's New Shepard craft is a toy... and can't reach the altitude of the ISS. Their very large New Glenn rocket is nowhere to be seen, maybe we'll see a test launch next year or after... but it's not reusable like SpaceX planned Mars rocket "Starship" and its heavy lift booster vehicle, which may see a test launch in March.

Blue Origin is also supplying engines for United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Vulcan rocket - which I believe has as one of its expected payloads the Sierra Space's Dreamchaser manned spaceplane.

Orbital Science has been acquired by Northrop Grumman, owned by Lockheed Martin, who also owns a part of ULA. I think they have long since ditched manned craft; while they for a time ran resupply missions to the ISS I think they're now looking at space habitation modules.

[Carnos Jax]

Wait, Starliner had a crewed mission?

[Ombligo]

Carnos Jax wrote:
Wait, Starliner had a crewed mission?

not yet, the first 2 person test crew is planned for April