Viewpoint: Commercial Space Will Renew NASA, Michael Lopez-Alegria, Aviation Week “Decisions by Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama to retire NASA’s space shuttle and cancel the Constellation program were both received with much–and varied–emotion among my fellow astronauts, the NASA family and others nationwide. … As of Atlantis’s final flight last July, our nation has no means to launch humans into Earth orbit from U.S. soil. Period. Whether considered […]

Astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria Named President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation “The Commercial Spaceflight Federation is pleased to announce that former NASA astronaut, International Space Station (ISS) commander, Naval Aviator, and test pilot Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (Capt., U.S. Navy, Ret.) has been named as President, effective March 19, 2012. Lopez-Alegria was selected for the position following a vote of the Board of Directors of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF).” Record-Setting Astronaut […]