When Paul Allen and Burt Rutan’s SpaceShipOne snagged the $10 million Ansari X Prize in the fall of 2004 by flying to suborbital space twice within a week, many reasonably assumed that more such jaunts — with paying passengers on board — would soon follow. Few would have imagined that eight years would fly by without another flight. But that’s what has happened.
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DigitalGlobe and GeoEye Agree to Combine to Create a Global Leader in Earth Imagery and Geospatial Analysis
DigitalGlobe, Inc. (DGI) and GeoEye, Inc. (GEOY), today announced that the boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement under which the companies will combine […]
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Spotlight | Vanguard Space Technologies Inc.
Vanguard Space Technologies notched a significant win in May with a subcontract from Lockheed Martin Space Systems to supply the core spacecraft structures for a pair of supersecure U.S. military communications satellites.
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FAA Commercial Space Office Navigates Legal Maze To Start Safety Dialog
WASHINGTON — When suborbital adventure line Virgin Galactic launches the world’s first commercial passenger-carrying spaceflight service next year, the U.S. government will still be barred from policing most of the company’s activities. But federal safety officials here, eager to learn more about the private space companies they will soon regulate, have decided to open talks with industry in August.
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‘Unexpected Obstacles’ Push Antares Debut to the Fall
PARIS — Satellite and rocket builder Orbital Sciences Corp. on July 19 said its Antares rocket had encountered six or seven weeks of developmental delays and will not conduct its inaugural demonstration flight until late September or early October, with a second launch — this time carrying the Cygnus cargo vehicle to the international space station — likely in mid-December.
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Enterprise Exhibit Opens July 19 at Intrepid
When NASA’s Space Shuttle Enterprise goes on display this week at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York, visitors will be able to view the original prototype orbiter from all angles, including from above and below.
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ISPCS Registration Opens
The 2012 International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS), the most relevant, high-value global space conference of the year, opens its registration today. Taking place Oct. 17-18 in Las […]
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International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight Opens Registration
Top industry leaders aim to transition demand and direction of commercial spaceflight LAS CRUCES, N.M. -The 2012 International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS), the most relevant, high-value global […]
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Hybrid Rocket Motor Test Fired in Montana
A new hybrid rocket motor fired up June 29, demonstrating technology that its builders say could lead to efficient, alternative-fuel launch vehicles down the road.
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Group Raising Funds for Telescope To Detect Deadly Asteroids
SAN FRANCISCO — A group of former astronauts, NASA veterans and space industry executives are seeking to raise hundreds of millions of dollars through individual and corporate donations to send an infrared telescope into deep space to identify and track large asteroids that cross Earth’s orbit.
