SpaceX has locked a $946 million NASA contract modification for three more Commercial Crew flights to the International Space Station, covering Crew-15, Crew-16, and Crew-17 under the agency’s CCtCap deal.
NASA said Friday the firm fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity change pays for all three missions plus related services: ground, launch, in-orbit, return and recovery, cargo, and a lifeboat role while Dragon stays docked. The add brings SpaceX to 17 total CCtCap missions and lifts the SpaceX CCtCap contract value to $5.92 billion.
Period of performance runs through 2030, with mission readiness dates in 2027 and 2028. The award follows a May notice of intent. NASA noted the sole-source modification does not stop future mods for more transportation services as needed.
SpaceX was certified for crew transport in November 2020, and Crew-12 is currently in orbit on station. Each Dragon and Falcon 9 flight can carry up to four astronauts plus cargo, the same stack behind earlier rotations including the Crew-10 splashdown. Similar CCtCap top-ups showed up before, including a five-mission add in 2022 and an earlier three-flight award in 2021.
NASA has not named the astronaut crews or exact launch dates for Crew-15 through Crew-17 beyond those readiness windows, and the agency did not break out a per-mission price in Friday’s release.
Florida remains the launch home for these flights, and SpaceX already said Falcon 9 and Dragon will fly the next three station rotations from the Cape.
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