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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A key figure in the development of New Mexico’s Spaceport America has died.
Teal Group to Evaluate Prospects for Growth in Satellite Market
February 21, 2007 – Reston, VA – Future trends in the markets for civil and military aircraft, aero turbine engines, UAVs, defense electronics, and satellites will be the topics of […]
NASA Agrees To Keep 2 Firms Updated on ISS Delivery Specs
Washington — NASA has agreed to monitor the progress of two private spaceflight companies developing competing vehicles designed to carry cargo and astronauts to the international space station (ISS).
Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, is a ‘cosmic graffiti artist,’ astronomers discover
Astronomers from the University of Virginia and other institutions have found that Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn, is a “cosmic graffiti artist,” pelting the surfaces of at least 11 […]
Private Spaceflight Industry Foresees Steady Progress in 2007
GOLDEN, Colo. – The budding personal space travel industry anticipates progress on a number of fronts in 2007, including favorable U.S. regulatory decisions, the availability of affordable insurance, new spaceport developments and increased testing of new spaceship designs.
OpEd: Oprah’s Astronauts
U.S.
talk show host and media mogul Oprah Winfrey has been taking a lot of barbs recently for her magnum opus, the
Oprah
Winfrey
Leadership
Academy
for Girls. Located in
South Africa
, it is the first – but surely not the last – school of its kind. Critics have called it too opulent and too elitist while complaining that it will serve too few students and only females. They also have questioned the choice of
South Africa
as its location, asking why it was not located in the
United States
.
Editorial: A Spaceport Finds Its Way
The successful launch Dec. 16 of a Minotaur rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the
Virginia
coast is notable in several respects.
Launch Industry Posts a Successful Year
PARIS – The world’s three principal commercial launch-services providers each conducted five launches in 2006 and plan to conduct at least that many in 2007. Equally important to the companies – Arianespace, International Launch Services (ILS) and Sea Launch – each was able to continue to increase its prices after abandoning a price-war strategy now viewed as counterproductive.