Commercial Crew Astronauts Take A Centrifuge Spin

Credit: U.S. Air Force/Richard Eldridge
As NASA prepares to begin flying crew aboard commercially owned and operated U.S. spacecraft, it is taking a page from its history book and again requiring astronauts to spin in a centrifuge as part of their training. With crewed flight tests aboard both Boeing and SpaceX’s capsules planned for this...

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