Intro written / SpaceX gives the United States the power to have human spaceflight capabilities during a critical time for U.S.-Russia space relations

Talk about the Russia war and Roscosmos leader aggression

Covid pandemic / First crewed spaceflight was in May 2020

NASA Commercial Crew Program selected SpaceX and Boeing to conduct rotational flights to the Space Station. However, Boeing has not completed its Starliner spacecraft testing to certify if it can safely transport humans. SpaceX returned human spaceflight capabilities to the United States in 2020. America depended on Russia's Roscosmos Space Agency to launch astronauts to the Space Station for roughly a decade since 2011. SpaceX enabled the U.S.A. to re-emerge as a space power during a critical time for space exploration. First, the world was struck by the coronavirus pandemic and now the world faces the effects of Russia invading Ukraine. It has caused global tensions to rise and even affected collaboration amongst Russia's Roscosmos space agency and NASA. Thankfully, SpaceX demonstrated its Crew Dragon spacecraft is reliable to transport crew to and from the ISS to ensure the U.S. (and the world's) space exploration programs continue smoothly. SpaceX launched 

Mention how other company’s are switching from Russia's Soyuz to SpaceX or other launch providers.

 

 

 

 

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Evelyn Janeidy Arevalo

Evelyn Janeidy Arevalo

Evelyn J. Arevalo joined Tesmanian in 2019 to cover news as a Space Journalist and SpaceX Starbase Texas Correspondent. Evelyn is specialized in rocketry and space exploration. The main topics she covers are SpaceX and NASA.

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