WASHINGTON — NASA will unveil its new rocket integration facility at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. EDT on March 22. The Horizontal […]
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Former U.S. Air Force Civilian Official Named Director of Spaceport America
NEW YORK — After going more than seven weeks without a leader, the nation’s first dedicated commercial spaceport, Spaceport America, now has a new executive director.
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FAA Seeking 2012 Funding For New Space Launch Prize
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is requesting funding in the 2012 budget to offer a $5 million prize to encourage development projects aimed at providing low-cost space transportation.
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The Commercial Payload Market Beyond ISS
With the retirement of the space shuttle and Orion relegated to an emergency role, the international space station (ISS) is poised, awkwardly, as the government-owned resource most capable of hosting commercial payload demand.
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In Historic First, Three Scientists to Fly on Commercial Spacecraft
Funded agreements announced for 8 to 17 flights on suborbital vehicles Washington, D.C., Monday, February 28, 2011 – Three scientists, including a former NASA executive, will become some of the […]
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Spotlight: National Aerospace Training and Research (NASTAR) Center
SAN FRANCISCO — The fledgling suborbital transportation industry presents unique challenges for a business that prides itself on knowing how to prepare fighter pilots and astronauts for arduous missions.
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Future of Space Tourism, Research Opportunities Will Be Focus of Conference
ORLANDO, Feb. 22, 2011 – The CEO and president of Richard Branson’s space company, Virgin Galactic, will discuss the promise of space tourism at the University of Central Florida on […]
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NASA Invites Eight Firms To Discuss Commercial Crew Plans
WASHINGTON — As it awaits congressional action on its 2011 budget, NASA is proceeding with plans to award roughly $200 million to companies developing technologies in support of the agency’s commercial space transportation goals.
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Dale Nash, Chief Executive, Alaska Aerospace Corp.
For the Alaska Aerospace Corp., 2011 is shaping up to be a make-or-break year. The state-owned company is searching for a new anchor-tenant customer for its Kodiak Island spaceport and competing for a huge chunk of U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) business.
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Super-sharp radio ‘eye’ remeasuring the universe
Continent-wide telescope extends cosmic ‘yardstick’ three times farther into universe Using the super-sharp radio “vision” of astronomy’s most precise telescope, scientists have extended a directly-measured “yardstick” three times farther into […]
