Jul 29 2011

SpaceX Sets Next Launch for Nov. 30

Tag: Astronauts,NASA,Private Spaceflight,Space Station — Irene Klotz @ 7:23 pm
Space Exploration Technologies plans to park its second Dragon capsule at the space station.

May 19 2011

SpaceShipTwo Re-entry System Tested

Tag: Aviation,Private Spaceflight,Space Commercialization,Space People,Space Shuttle — Irene Klotz @ 7:24 pm
Virgin Galactic has released a video clip of the latest test flight of SpaceShipTwo, featuring the spacecraft's unique "feathering" technique.

Apr 19 2011

SpaceX Pledges Space Taxi in 3 Years

Tag: Astronauts,NASA,Private Spaceflight — Irene Klotz @ 6:13 pm
For years, Elon Musk has been saying that three years after the government puts up the cash, he could have a new ride for astronauts ready to fly. On Monday, NASA took him up on that pledge.

Apr 13 2011

Money: The Next Human Spaceflight Incentive?

Tag: Apollo Program,Aviation,Current Events,Mars,NASA,Private Spaceflight,Soyuz,Space Commercialization,Space Culture,Space Politics,Space Shuttle,Space Station,Space Technology,Spaceflight — Ian O'Neill @ 7:04 am
Are we at a cross-roads in human spaceflight? Or are we in a steady decline? On the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first flight, Discovery News space producer Ian O'Neill shares his opinion.

Feb 28 2011

Scientists Sign Up for Suborbital Space Flights

Tag: Private Spaceflight — Irene Klotz @ 5:30 pm
Southwest Research Institute has signed contracts with two aspiring commercial suborbital spaceliners to fly researchers and experiments.

Feb 18 2011

X PRIZE Lunar Race Lures 29 Contenders

Tag: Private Spaceflight,Rockets,Satellites,Space Technology,Space Travel,The Moon — Irene Klotz @ 6:47 am
Registration for a $30 million competition to land a spacecraft on the moon is closed, with a total of 29 teams officially in the running.

Jan 12 2011

Soyuz Rides For Sale

Tag: Astronauts,Private Spaceflight — Irene Klotz @ 10:06 pm
Still hanging on to your Christmas cash or Hanukkah gelt? Well, here's something for sale: 10-day trips to the International Space Station.

Jan 06 2011

NASA’s New Reality Check

Tag: NASA,Private Spaceflight,Space People,Space Politics,Space Shuttle — Irene Klotz @ 5:38 pm
The only way for NASA's space initiatives to weather shifting political seas and limited budgets is to back programs that are affordable, sustainable and realistic, says administrator Charlie Bolden.

Jan 05 2011

To Mars! Zambia’s Forgotten Space Program

Tag: Astronauts,Mars,Private Spaceflight,Spaceflight — Jennifer Ouellette @ 7:56 pm
The African nation of Zambia had spaceflight aspirations, and although fascinating, had limited success.

Jan 02 2011

NASA Unveils Rules for Space Taxis

Tag: Astronauts,NASA,Private Spaceflight,Space Commercialization — Irene Klotz @ 10:07 pm
Companies wishing to take over the job of flying NASA astronauts to the International Space Station have some new guidelines to ponder.
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