SpaceX CRS-31 Prelaunch News Conference
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Event Description
Prelaunch media teleconference with the following participants:
- Bill Spetch, operations and integration manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program
- Meghan Everett, deputy chief scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program
- Jared Metter, director, flight reliability, SpaceX
Programs
Commercial Resupply Services
Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) are a series of flights awarded by NASA for the delivery of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.The first CRS contracts were signed in 2008 and awarded $1.6 billion to SpaceX for twelve cargo Dragon and $1.9 billion to Orbital Sciences for eight Cygnus flights, covering deliveries to 2016. The Falcon 9 and Antares rockets were also developed under the CRS program to deliver cargo spacecraft to the ISS.
