WASHINGTON — Alaska Aerospace Corp.’s Dale Nash will replace Billie Reed as executive director of the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority (VCSFA) effective July 31. The shakeup ends both Reed’s 17-year tenure as Virginia’s top commercial space official and six months of uncertainty about his role in Virginia’s developing commercial space launch industry.
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A U.S. Department of Space?
A few weeks ago the hatch opened into the interior of the Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Dragon capsule, and crew members from the international space station (ISS) unloaded cargo from the first private spacecraft docked at station. The crew noted that upon entering Dragon, it smelled like the interior of a new car. I don’t recall any such comment when logistics crafts built and serviced by multinational and defense corporations of other ISS partner nations docked with station for the first time.
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ATK Unveils Liberty Transportation Service to have Extended Cargo Configuration
ATK the company leading development of the Liberty commercial spacecraft, is pleased to announce an expanded crew and cargo capability. The extended cargo configuration will allow the Liberty spacecraft to […]
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Editorial | GEMS Cancellation Is Steeped in Irony
NASA’s recent decision to discontinue work on the overbudget Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer (GEMS) mission was justified given the independent estimates of what it would cost to complete and launch the spacecraft. Yet the action was disconcerting, not only because of its direct impact but also when viewed against the larger set of circumstances facing NASA.
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ATK Signs Teaming Agreement for Liberty Transportation Service
ATK and Astrium North America have signed a teaming agreement with NanoRacks, LLC, for NanoRacks to market opportunities for both astronaut explorers and the experiments they plan to carry into […]
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NanoRacks Software Platform Speeds ISS Payloads
A new software platform designed to ease the passage of payloads from earth to space was announced today at the AAS Space Station Research and Development Conference by NanoRacks, LLC, […]
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New NanoRacks’ Software Platform Speeds Space Customer Payloads to International Space Station
A new software platform designed to ease the passage of payloads from earth to space was announced today at the AAS Space Station Research and Development Conference by NanoRacks, LLC, […]
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Profile | Duane Ratliff, Director of Operations, Center for the Advancement of Science in Space
The way Duane Ratliff sees it, NASA and the nonprofit agency it hired to manage the U.S. National Laboratory portion of the international space station (ISS) have just a few years to prove the value of the taxpayers’ $100 billion investment in the orbital outpost for funding to be continued beyond 2020.
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GeoEye Expands Presence in Europe to Meet Increased Demand
Amsterdam Office Will Grow Partner Network, Market and Sell GeoEye-2 Satellite Imagery GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a leading source of geospatial information and insight, announced it has expanded its office […]
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NASA Rocket Carrying Student Experiments Launched From Wallops Flight Facility
WALLOPS ISLAND, VA – A NASA rocket carrying seventeen educational experiments was successfully launched at 6:40 a.m. today from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The experiments built by university […]
