Students and educators from across the country will experience what it is like to be a rocket scientist during “Rocket Week,” June 16-22, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops […]
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Neighbor Galaxies May Have Brushed Closely, Astronomers Find
Two of our Milky Way’s neighbor galaxies may have had a close encounter billions of years ago, recent studies with the National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope (GBT) indicate. The […]
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Shuttle Enterprise Lands at New York’s Intrepid Museum
For the first time in history, a space shuttle landed aboard an aircraft carrier. But instead of catching an arresting wire at high speed, the winged orbiter was gently lowered onto the flight deck by crane.
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U.S. Lawmakers Urged To Renew Commercial Launch Liability Shield
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. government’s top commercial launch regulator and space industry officials urged lawmakers to support an extension of at least five years for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) launch indemnification program during a June 6 hearing of the House Science space and aeronautics subcommittee.
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Colorado Continues Push for Commercial Spaceport of its Own
GOLDEN, Colo. — Colorado, a mountainous and landlocked state with an outsized share of aerospace companies, is looking to add a commercial spaceport to its portfolio.
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Commercial Spaceflight Federation Highlights Some Recent Achievements in the Commercial Space Industry
Washington D.C. – The Commercial Spaceflight Federation released the following statement from President Michael Lopez-Alegria today. “This has been an incredible couple of weeks for the companies in the commercial […]
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Sierra Nevada Completes Dream Chaser Milestones
Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Space Systems announces that the Dream Chaser(R) Space System has successfully completed four additional NASA Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) Program Milestones. The four Milestones […]
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Sierra Nevada Corporation Announces the successful Completion of Four Dream Chaser Milestones FOR NASA
Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Space Systems announces that the Dream Chaser(R) Space System has successfully completed four additional NASA Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) Program Milestones. The four Milestones […]
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Spaceport America Congratulates SpaceX on Milestone
(LAS CRUCES, NM)–Spaceport America congratulates SpaceX on today’s successful rendezvous and docking of their Dragon spacecraft with the International Space Station (ISS), the first ever by a private, non-governmental space […]
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Michael Lopez-Alegria, President, Commercial Spaceflight Federation
After more than 30 years in government service, Michael Lopez-Alegria, a former U.S. Navy pilot and one of NASA’s most experienced astronauts, left in March to take over as president of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, an industry-backed advocacy organization.
