Bigelow Space Operations Announces Partnership with CASIS to Fly Payloads to the International Space Station Bigelow Aerospace Announces the Creation of Bigelow Space Operations Keith’s note: I submitted a series of questions to NASA PAO and NASA HEOMD this morning (the same questions I sent to Bigelow after the press event) in advance of this story’s posting at 5:00 pm ET. Bigelow responded. NASA decided not to say anything other […]

Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program, New York Times “Contracts obtained by The Times show a congressional appropriation of just under $22 million beginning in late 2008 through 2011. The money was used for management of the program, research and assessments of the threat posed by the objects. The funding went to Mr. Bigelow’s company, Bigelow Aerospace, which hired subcontractors and solicited research for the program. […]

Keith’s note: A lot of people in the private space sector are annoyed (some are angry) with the Trump folks since they directed NASA to look into the government side (crew on SLS EM-1 flight) of a proposed government/commercial return to the Moon. Then the “Commercial” Spaceflight Federation sold its soul and jumped on board to support SLS. There was a handshake sort of deal in place between the Alabama […]

Bigelow Module Fails First Expansion Attempt “NASA is working closely with Bigelow Aerospace to understand why its module did not fully expand today as planned. Engineers are meeting at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss a path forward for the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM).” Packing for space flattened NASA’s Space Hotel, New Scientist “The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, was installed on the space station on […]

Dragon and @BigelowSpace BEAM module on way to @Space_Station for @NASA pic.twitter.com/FjWfCQiglh — SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 8, 2016 Thank you @SpaceX for getting the #BEAM safely into orbit. Beautiful launch and barge landing! #BEAMmeupNASA pic.twitter.com/GtcWr6OdOb — Bigelow Aerospace (@BigelowSpace) April 8, 2016

What this country needs is an inspirational space program. I'll bet @realDonaldTrump could do it. — Robert T. Bigelow (@RobertTBigelow) January 11, 2016 Donald Trump tells 10-year-old that ‘space is terrific’ but potholes are more important, Washington Post “You know, in the old days, it was great,” Trump told the boy, along with an audience of more than 600. “Right now, we have bigger problems — you understand that? We’ve […]

Statement by Robert Bigelow Regarding Bigelow Aerospace Staff Reducations “In December of 2015, we analyzed the amount of staff that we employed throughout all of our departments at Bigelow Aerospace, and discovered that numerous departments were overstaffed. Regrettably, we had to make the choice that, beginning with the New Year, we need to follow standard business protocols, which sensibly requires an attempt to achieve balance in how much staff is […]

Bigelow Aerospace Releases BEAM Promotional Video, SpaceRef Business “Bigelow Aerospace has released a promotional video on their Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM). It runs six and a half minutes and includes new footage.”

Lunar property rights, Economist “According to the United Nations Outer Space Treaty, signed by every space-faring country, no nation can claim sovereignty over Earth’s lunar satellite. 102 countries have entered into to the 1967 accord; China joined in 1983. But space law scholars debate whether the Treaty actually implicitly prohibits, or allows, private ownership on celestial bodies. Some commercial companies, such as Bigelow Aerospace, are hoping to use the ambiguity […]

Manned missions from Wallops?, DelmarvaNow “Substantial development of the launch facilities on Wallops Island would be required to accommodate human space flight, [Mike Gold Bigelow Aerospace] said. But he called manned flights from Wallops “not only the next logical step but…a step we must take if we want to continue to grow our capabilities.” The Virginia spaceport does not provide a particularly attractive trajectory for satellite launches, Gold said, adding, […]