Commercialization

NASA Excerpts from House Report 109-118 Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, Fiscal Year 2006“The Committee directs NASA to engage in a national awareness campaign.” Editor’s note: […]

Thrillionaires: The New Space Capitalists, NY Times“Many self-professed “space geeks” say the possibility that entrepreneurs like Richard Branson of the Virgin Group may help regular people see the black sky […]

t/Space Demonstrates New Air-Launch Technology“Three weeks of flight tests over the Mojave desert have demonstrated a breakthrough in how to safely launch future passenger-carrying rockets using a carrier aircraft. Transformational […]

NASA, SpaceX To Collaborate on Strategies for Spaceflight Systems“NASA and California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) have signed a two-year agreement to research strategies for future human spaceflight systems for […]

Fourteen mile high billboard, JP Aerospace“On May 21st, a high altitude balloon platform was flown to the edge of space. This mission, named Away 26, was flown by JP Aerospace […]

SpaceX Test Fires Falcon 1 Engine (includes movie)“SpaceX conducted a successfull test firing of its Falcon 1 rocket on Friday at Vandenberg Air Force Base. While the engines were running […]

Orbital Announces InvestigationOrbital says subject of federal probe, ReutersOrbital Sciences offices searched by federal agent, Washington Bussines JournalOrbital’s Contracting Procedure, Washington Post“Rocket maker Orbital Sciences Corp. said today that federal […]

Conflict at Space Confab, Wired“Perhaps space entrepreneur Bob Richards summed up the tenor of the new spaceflight industry best during the ISDC’s closing presentation. He likened the squabbling of its […]

NASA Solicitation: Parabolic Flight Services (Zero Gravity Corporation)“Zero Gravity Corporation is a unique organization that has a FAA certified aircraft to supply 2 reduced Gravity Flights for approximately 2.0 – […]

Editor’s note: Saturday’s planned Hotfire of SpaceX’s Falcon 1 has been postponed – pending range availability. A ground facility valve that supplied start helium to the turbopump was closed when […]