NASA has selected 16 payloads for flight aboard two suborbital reusable launch vehicles expected to begin test flights this year and a commercial parabolic aircraft, the U.S. space agency announced May 13.
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Challenger Center Board Members Prepare for Educational Space Missions, using Flight Simulator at NASTAR Center
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Alan Stern and Keith Cowing, board members of Challenger Center for Space Science Education (Challenger Center), participated in training for Scientist-Educator-Astronauts, in preparation for future educational missions […]
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Future Scientist-Astronauts and Educator-Astronauts Receive Training at NASTAR Center
Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 18, 2011 – The National Aerospace Training and Research Center (NASTAR) in Southampton, PA, a member of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, welcomed last week its latest […]
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LIFE Ready to Launch on Endeavour’s Last Flight
Shuttle LIFE will add a host of microscopic space travelers to Endeavour’s passenger manifest when the Planetary Society experiment launches aboard the space shuttle on May 16. This will be […]
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SETI Survey Focuses on Kepler’s Top Earth-Like Planets
Now that NASA’s Kepler space telescope has identified 1,235 possible planets around stars in our galaxy, astronomers at the University of California, Berkeley, are aiming a radio telescope at the […]
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NASA Selects First Payloads for Upcoming Reduced-Gravity Flights
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. — NASA has selected 16 payloads for flights on the commercial Zero-G parabolic aircraft and two suborbital reusable launch vehicles as part of the agency’s Flight Opportunities […]
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Excalibur Almaz USA, Inc. appoints new CEO
HOUSTON, May 10, 2011 — Excalibur Almaz USA, Inc., a commercial orbital aerospace company, has appointed Buckner Hightower Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Hightower, who had been Acting CEO since Feb. […]
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GAO Questions Funding Hike for FAA Office
WASHINGTON — The U.S. office that regulates the commercial space transportation industry does not need the funding increase being sought by the White House next year given the uncertainty surrounding the markets it oversees, a U.S. government auditor told lawmakers May 5.
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An Interview with the First Space Tourist
Does it seem like 10 years since your flight?
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LIFE Launches Aboard Endeavour’s Last Flight
Eight-Legged Water Bears Will Be Passengers on Shuttle In addition to astronauts, Endeavour will carry a legion of microscopic passengers in the Planetary Society’s Shuttle LIFE experiment when the space […]
