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Three active crewed spacecraft carry humans to orbit across four nations.
| Attribute | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Company | Boeing | Sierra Space | RSC Energia |
| Country | 🇺🇸 USA | 🇺🇸 USA | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| Status | Active | In Development | Active |
| Vehicle type | capsule | lifting-body | capsule |
| Reusable | Yes | Yes | No |
| First flight | 2024 | 2027 | 2016 |
| Crew capacity | 4 crew (up to 7)as of [1] ↑ Most crew | up to 7 crew or cargo-onlyas of [1]First missions likely cargo-only for ISS CRS-2 | 3 crewas of [1] |
| Mass | ~13,000 kgas of [1] | ~11,000 kgas of [1]Estimated; landing gear issue found in 2023 structural testing | 7,080 kgas of [1] |
| Target orbits | LEO, ISS | LEO, ISS | LEO, ISS |
| Mission types | ISS crew rotation | ISS cargo (CRS-2), Future crewed access | ISS crew rotation |
| Total flights | 1 crewed mission (CFT)as of [2]CFT crew returned aboard Crew Dragon after thruster and helium leak issues | — | ~40 crewed missions (Soyuz MS series)as of [1]Approximate; Soyuz MS series began 2016; Soyuz heritage dates to 1967 ↑ Most experienced |
| Summary | Boeing's NASA CCP capsule. The Crew Flight Test (May 2024) was plagued by helium leaks and RCS thruster failures, stranding NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams for 8 months before SpaceX Crew Dragon rescued them. | Winged lifting-body spaceplane awarded NASA CRS-2 cargo contract. Lands on conventional runways, potentially at any airport with a ~4,500 m runway. First flights will be uncrewed cargo missions. Landing gear test failure in 2023 caused further delays. | Russia's primary crew ferry to the ISS and sole crewed spacecraft in operational use by Roscosmos. The Soyuz design lineage dates to 1967, making it the longest-serving crewed spacecraft series in history. |
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