NASA will utilize SpaceX’s Crew Dragon for its Crew-10 and Crew-11 missions to the International Space Station in 2025 while evaluating whether Boeing needs to conduct another test flight of its Starliner spacecraft.

Crew-10, set for February 2025, will carry NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with JAXA’s Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos’ Kirill Peskov.

Crew-11 is scheduled for July 2025, with the crew yet to be announced. Earlier delays with the Starliner certification process have pushed its first operational flight, Starliner-1, to August 2025.

NASA is reviewing the Starliner Crew Flight Test mission and determining if another test is necessary, Space News has reported.

Meanwhile, NASA and Roscosmos are considering continuing their seat exchange arrangement to ensure a presence on the ISS, although currently, no NASA astronauts are assigned to future Soyuz missions beyond March 2025.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson expressed confidence that the seat barter agreement will be extended.

Written by B.C. Begley