Boeing to send first unmanned "Space Taxi" to the ISS in 2017

Boeing is at the forefront of the goal to get American astronauts their own space taxi, which would release them from their dependence on Russia for rides to and from the ISS. Boeing has scheduled its first unmanned test flight for 2017. Boeing has scheduled their first unmanned test flight of commercial CST-100 for early 2017. Boeing is among a trio of American aerospace firms that are on a mission to restore America’s capability to fly humans to Earth orbit and the International Space Station. More

(Source: The Space Reporter - May 12)