US astronauts will fly with Russia through 2019 because Boeing and SpaceX are late

The US is paying billions to both companies to build cheap, efficient spacecraft to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting 250 miles above the earth, but plans to begin operations have slipped from last year into 2020 due to under-funding and the challenges of safely flying people into space. (qz.com) Plus d'info...