Late next week, I’m scheduled to launch aboard Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity on a suborbital spaceflight. I’m not flying as a private astronaut, though, as most VG customers are, but […]
Alan Stern
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Virgin Galactic 05 Announced
According to Virgin Galactic The dynamic crew of the ‘Galactic 05’ mission will include:
Posted inExploration, News
Alan Stern Looks Back At His Downward Spaceflight
Alan Stern: “Exploration like this, and exploration of all kinds – from the arctic to the Antarctic, from deep sea to the highest mountains, from our Earth to the Moon […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
A Strange Way To Do NASA Mission Media Outreach (Update)
Keith’s note: Yesterday I posted a Twitter response to a tweet my New Horizons mission PI Alan Stern. This is what it originally looked like in case it is deleted. […]
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Commercial Spaceflight Federation Sells Out and Endorses SLS (Update)
Leading Commercial Space Group Embraces NASA’s Biggest Rocket, Wall Street Journal “Before his speech outlining the revised stance on the Space Launch System, Mr. Stern said his primary goal is […]
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Commercial Space Outlook
Commercial space ready to take the lead, opinion, Alan Stern, Orlando Sentinel “For too long, the economy of Florida’s Space Coast has been too heavily dependent on a small number […]
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The Potential of Commercial Crew Transport
Commercial Human Spaceflight Safer, Much Needed, Owen Garriott and Alan Stern, Space News “We also think that commercial crew LEO transport has the potential (and, many believe, high probability) of […]
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Leaving The Safety of the Harbor
Not Because It Is Easy, But Because It Is Hard, opinion, Alan Stern, Space News “It has been said that a ship is safe in harbor, but a harbor is […]
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The Weightless Family
First-Hand Look: One Family’s Unforgettable Zero Gravity Holiday, Space.com “Like many American families across the country, the Stern family of Colorado celebrated the Fourth of July holiday together on Sunday. […]
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Watching Falcons
What will you say if SpaceX’s test rocket fails?, Alan Stern, The Space Review “Why is the Falcon 9 crucial? In part this is because NASA is relying on it […]