The race of 'space taxi'

After the 'retired' shuttle fleet, the US Space and Aeronautics Agency (NASA) wanted a new generation of space transport ships that Boeing was one of the bases participating in this race.

Boeing has completed a number of important reviews to commercialize flights to the ISS international space station. Some other companies also participated in the project are SpaceX, Sierra Nevada Corp and Blue Origin.

The spacecraft is expected to transport 7 people to ISS

NASA's desire is that these space taxis will transport astronauts and cargo to the ISS without relying on the Russians today. This multi-billion dollar program became even more urgent when Russia and Ukraine had problems on the Crimea peninsula and eastern Ukraine.

According to NASA spokesman Stephanie Martin, the agency plans to choose one or more competitors to speed up in early September. Martin also confirmed that Boeing completed an important design review for the CCiCap trade program.

The Daily Mail quoted John Mulholland, Boeing's vice president and chief executive of the commercial space program, who said 96% of the design was completed for freight modules at the time of inspection; also designed astronaut transport module has completed 85%. John Mulholland believes that Boeing will complete the design of commercial spacecraft and will test flight in 2017. It is expected to use Atlas 5 rocket to put the ship into orbit.

Boeing also plans to partner with Bigelow Aerospace in the CST-100 project to bring people to space travel.