Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (April 9, 2014) — A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rolls out to Space Launch Complex-41 with a National Reconnaissance Office payload. Launch is set for Thursday, April 10 at 1:45 p.m. EDT. Designated NROL-67, the mission is in support of national defense. Today’s forecast continues to show a 90 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for launch. LAUNCH TIME – 1:45 P.M. EDT […]
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The XCOR Lynx Mark I cockpit in its shipping cradle; in the background the fuselage and liquid oxygen tank being prepped for integration and testing. (Credit: XCOR)
Mojave, CA, April 9, 2014 (XCOR PR) — XCOR Aerospace announced today that the XCOR® Lynx® Mark I cockpit has been delivered. AdamWorks engineers, along with XCOR engineers, performed several successful pressure tests before it was packed and shipped to XCOR .
The cockpit is the principle major subassembly XCOR needs to begin assembly of the Lynx suborbital spaceplane.
The good news is that the U.S. government is about to loosen the restrictive export rules governing satellites and components that have been blamed for destroying America’s dominance in the satellite market over the past 15 years.
The bad news is that the rules are about to get a lot more complicated to interpret. And, for those who fail to interpret them properly, a jail cell could be in their future.
The Mojave Air and Space Port Board of Directors has filled an open position left by the departure of Marie Walker with local activist Bill Deaver. Walker resigned from the board last month, citing pressing business concerns. Below is an announcement from the spaceport: Bill Deaver is the newest member of the Mojave Air and Space Port Board of Directors. He is the Board Secretary. Bill Deaver is a public […]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 7, 2014 (Space Foundation PR) – The heads of five of the world’s space agencies will be featured speakers at this year’s 30th Space Symposium, to be held May 19-22 at the five-star, five-diamond Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 8, 2014 (Aerojet Rockedyne PR) — Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE:GY) company, has been awarded a contract from the Flight Opportunities Program Office at Armstrong Flight Test Center to develop propulsion technology for miniature satellites that could possibly lower cost and accelerate mission schedules.
Under the first phase of the contract, Aerojet Rocketdyne will develop and perform hot-fire tests on its MPS-120 CubeSat High-Impulse Adaptable Modular Propulsion System. If selected for a flight demonstration in a second phase, the MPS-120 would be the first chemical propulsion system ever used on a CubeSat.
Will the Abu Dhabi government become even more deeply involved in Virgin Galactic? That’s the question this week as Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides revealed that Sir Richard Branson’s space tourism company is in talks with Mubadala Development Company about a possible supplier relationship. Mubadala, which is a wholly-owned investment vehicle for Abu Dhabi’s government, owns Mubadala Aerospace, which manufactures and supplies parts for commercial jets built by Boeing and […]
Houston Airport System and Sierra Nevada Corporation to Host Media Panel at Rice University – Space Institute WHAT: Houston Airport System (HAS) and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) will host a joint news conference to provide an update on plans to support the Houston Space Port. Media will have the opportunity to speak with HAS officials and SNC’s Dream Chaser® senior leadership, and learn about the potential benefits of any future […]
The Atlas V and Falcon 9 launches delayed by a problem on the Eastern Range have been rescheduled for April 10 and 14, respectively. ULA’s Atlas V will launch NROL-67 — a National Reconnaissance Office payload — from Cape Canaveral on Thursday at 1:45 p.m. EDT. The launch window extends to 2:26 p.m. EDT. The company usually streams launched at www.ulalaunch.com. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch a Dragon freighter to […]
This week on The Space Show with Dr. David Livingston: 1. Monday, April 7, 2014, 2-3:30 PM PDT(5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): We welcome back RANDA & ROD MILLIRON of Interorbital Systems to discuss their recent successful test launch. 2. Tuesday, April 8, 2014:, 7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EDT, 9-10:30 PM CDT): We welcome back ROBERT (BOB) ZIMMERMAN for space news updates and more. 3. Friday, April 11, […]