SEABROOK, Md., March 22, 2013 (General Dynamics PR) — The EDGE® Innovation Network announced today that the new EDGE Space Innovation Center is officially open following a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, March 22. Housed within the General Dynamics’ Seabrook, Md., facility, the 13th and newest EDGE Innovation Center is less than two miles from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. General Dynamics C4 Systems sponsors the EDGE Innovation Network.
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Tim Pickens reminisces about the first commercial human spaceflight in 2004 by SpaceShipOne, which was powered by a hybrid engine he designed.
The second day of SpaceUp San Diego is now streaming live online thanks to the good folks over at Spacevidcast. Pod One: https://www.ustream.tv/channel/podone Pod Two: https://www.ustream.tv/channel/podtwo Pod Three: https://www.ustream.tv/channel/podthree Various topics are under discussion today. All times PDT Session 2 — 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. PDT Pod One: Let’s Play Kerbol Space Program Pod Two: Space Kids are Not All Right: Brainstorming Community Outreach for Youth Pod Three: Science (not […]
Video streaming by Ustream I gave a talk on Saturday at SpaceUp San Diego on Saturday titled, “America’s Rocket Renaissance.”
RIGA, Latvia (ESA PR) — Latvia becomes the seventh country to sign the European Cooperating State Agreement with ESA.
This agreement strengthens Latvia’s relations with ESA as the country follows Hungary, the Czech Republic, Romania, Poland, Estonia and Slovenia in joining this status.
The Dragon CRS-1 capsule after landing safely in the Pacific. (Credit: SpaceX)
WASHINGTON (NASA PR) — More than three weeks after arriving at the International Space Station, the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft is ready for the trip back to Earth, now scheduled for Tuesday, March 26.
Video Caption: Entrepreneur Elon Musk is a man with many plans. The founder of PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX sits down with TED curator Chris Anderson to share details about his visionary projects, which include a mass-marketed electric car, a solar energy leasing company and a fully reusable rocket.
Ever wonder just how big the Stratolaunch carrier aircraft will be when it gets built? This picture provides a pretty good idea. That’s one of the two Boeing 747-422 jetliners that Scaled Composites is stripping for parts parked in front of the Stratolaunch hangar in Mojave. The white doors show the outline with clearance of the Stratolaunch aircraft, which will have a 385-foot wingspan. It makes that 747 look pretty […]