Hoverboards and Video Chats: Commercial Crew Astronauts on Back to the Future

Astronauts Bob Behnken and Suni Williams aren’t Marty and Doc, but they have strong views on what we should have from Back to the Future by now and what worked out well after all. Happy Back to the Future Day!

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Commercial Crew Basics

NASA's Commercial Crew Program has worked with several American aerospace industry companies to facilitate the development of U.S. human spaceflight systems since 2010. The goal is to have safe, reliable and cost-effective access to and from the International Space Station and foster commercial access to other potential low-Earth orbit destinations.

NASA selected Boeing and SpaceX in September 2014 to transport crew to the International Space Station from the United States. These integrated spacecraft, rockets and associated systems will carry up to four astronauts on NASA missions, maintaining a space station crew of seven to maximize time dedicated to scientific research on the orbiting laboratory.