Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems has successfully completed wind tunnel testing of a scale model of the Dream Chaser(R) orbital crew vehicle in the Oran W. Nicks Low Speed […]
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Sierra Nevada Corporation Completes Wind Tunnel Testing of The Dream Chaser at Texas A&M University
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems has successfully completed wind tunnel testing of a scale model of the Dream Chaser(R) orbital crew vehicle in the Oran W. Nicks Low Speed […]
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Personal Spaceflight Bill Signed by Colo. Governor
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed legislation in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 19 that will limit the liability of federally licensed commercial space companies launching from a proposed suborbital spaceport the state wants to construct at the Front Range Airport east of Denver.
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Landeene To Advise on Spaceport Abu Dhabi
Space tourism company Virgin Galactic LLC and Aabar Investments PJS have hired Steve Landeene, the former executive director of New Mexico’s Spaceport America, to serve as their chief adviser for a spaceport the two companies seek to build in the United Arab Emirates.
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NASA Reaching for New Heights
Charles Bolden and Dr. John P. Holdren: In his gloomy Washington Post commentary today on yesterday’s ceremony transferring ownership of the Space Shuttle Discovery from NASA to the Smithsonian’s National […]
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Lockheed Martin Completes Key Milestone On GeoEye-2 Commercial Earth-Imaging Satellite
The Lockheed Martin team developing GeoEye’s next-generation Earth-imaging satellite successfully initiated power-on testing for the GeoEye-2 spacecraft bus. This program milestone continues the team’s on-time and on-budget performance in support […]
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Lockheed Martin Completes Key Milestone On GeoEye’s New Commercial Earth-Imaging Satellite
The Lockheed Martin team developing GeoEye’s next-generation Earth-imaging satellite successfully initiated power-on testing for the GeoEye-2 spacecraft bus. This program milestone continues the team’s on-time and on-budget performance in support […]
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United Space Alliance Helps Transition Discovery to New Home
After decades of providing NASA’s primary support in maintaining and launching the Space Shuttle fleet, the United Space Alliance (USA) workforce watched with pride today as Space Shuttle Discovery departed […]
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Ill-Advised Cuts to Military Space Investment Risks Our Nation’s Security and Jobs
President Ronald Reagan governed our nation with a philosophy of security through protection rather than retaliation. Reagan once said, “One cannot sit in the Oval Office without realizing the awesome responsibility of protecting peace and freedom and preserving human life. The responsibility cannot be met with halfway wishes.”
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Frugal Times Demand a Frugal Space Agency
The following is taken from remarks prepared for a March 28 U.S. Senate oversight and budgetary hearing on NASA.
