Two weeks after flying into John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport atop a modified Boeing 747, Enterprise — NASA’s original prototype space shuttle — was offloaded by crane from the back of the jumbo jet the morning of May 13.
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Cubesats “Land” at National Science Foundation on Thursday, May 24th
Two completed cubesats at Utah State University in the DICE cubesat project. Credit: Utah State University Scientists, engineers, educators from cubesat projects will showcase their projects at NSF headquarters in […]
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Confusing Times
Recently, the new owners of Houston’s baseball team raised the question of whether the Astros’ moniker was still relevant to the community. For a brand that has called “Space City” its home for 47 years, this question highlights the confusion those of us supporting human spaceflight are experiencing today.
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Editorial: Thank Goodness for Small Favors
It might seem unnecessary or even silly to applaud government regulators for handing down a common-sense decision, but sanity should never be taken for granted in the realm of U.S. space-technology export policy. Which is why the U.S. State Department deserves at least some credit for exempting Virgin Galactic from having to obtain export licenses to fly non-U.S. citizens aboard its SpaceShipTwo suborbital space vehicle, now in testing.
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Aerojet Test Fires Antares Rocket’s AJ-26 Engine
Propulsion provider Aerojet of Sacramento, Calif., test fired an AJ-26 engine May 3 for Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
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ATK Announces Complete Liberty System to Provide Commercial Crew Access
Liberty System Includes Spacecraft, Launch Vehicle, Ground and Mission Ops ATK (NYSE: ATK) announced today it has developed Liberty into a complete commercial crew transportation system, including the spacecraft, abort […]
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Launch of Sierra Nevada Corporation Announced in Florida
Today, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems announced interest in Florida as a possible location for commercial human spaceflight programs and facilities. SNC’s winged orbital crew vehicle, the Dream Chaser(R), […]
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MDA to develop concept for communications solution for Sierra Nevada Corporation’s commercial shuttle replacement
Richmond, B.C. – MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a provider of essential information solutions, announced today that it has signed a contract with Sierra Nevada Corporation to provide […]
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Lockheed Martin Completes Key Integration Milestone On GeoEye’s New Imaging Satellite, GeoEye-2
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] announced today that it has successfully mated the spacecraft bus and the imaging payload for GeoEye’s (GEOY) next-generation, high-resolution imaging satellite, known as GeoEye-2. Lockheed Martin […]
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Spaceflight Inc. Tapped To Find Rides for STP Satellite
Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. signed a contract with the U.S. Air Force Space Development and Test Directorate to find secondary payload accommodations for two small experimental satellites, STPSat-3 and Kestral Eye, aboard Falcon 9 rockets Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) plans to launch in 2013.
