With SpaceShipTwo and Blue Origin’s New Shepard set to begin commercial service as soon as late this year, the focus has been on those vehicles carrying space tourists. But some believe that those vehicles are also ideal for research missions.
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A Florida airport is making progress on a long-running effort to obtain a commercial spaceport license despite a lack of customers for the facility.
Foust Forward | How to succeed in spaceports without really launching
For most people, the term “spaceport” conjures up visions of launch pads and gantries, with rockets taking off vertically. But for some, spaceports are becoming a place where businesses, rather than rockets, take off.
NanoAvionics prepares to manufacture cubesats in Midland
NanoAvionics is preparing to move a significant portion of its research, development and manufacturing activities to the United States in the next year.
An embarrassment of rockets?
Launch vehicle startups remain focused on unique engine designs. At last count, there were 129 rocket startups, Rich Pournelle, NanoRacks senior vice president for business development, said at a recent conference. How many will survive?
Op-ed | The legal mandate for a U.S. Space Force
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. William “Billy” Mitchell is now considered the father of the U.S. Air Force, but the Air Force has forgotten the lessons of Mitchell’s experience when it comes to the new combat domain of space.
ULA selects Aerojet to provide Vulcan upper stage engine
United Launch Alliance has picked Aerojet Rocketdyne’s RL10 engine to power the upper stage of its next-generation Vulcan rocket, the second such contract Aerojet has secured in as many months.
VP Mike Pence will visit Kennedy Space Center today; not expected to make any policy announcements
Pence will give a speech early this afternoon to employees at KSC’s Vehicle Assembly Building, and will also tour other facilities at the center.
Upper stage malfunction leaves Chinese satellite in lower-than-planned orbit
Officials did not provide additional details about the satellite’s orbit, but did state that the satellite had deployed its solar panels and was functioning normally.
‘What the hell happened?’: The rise and fall of suborbital space tourism companies
In 2004, Burt Rutan predicted a vibrant future for commercial suborbital spaceflight. Thirteen years after SpaceShipOne nabbed the Ansari X Prize, suborbital space tourism has yet to take off.