MOSCOW (Khrunichev PR) — The Competition Commission found it appropriate to appoint Alexander Ivanovich Selivyorstov as the new CEO of Khrunichev. The head of the Federal Space Agency will sign the appropriate documents soon. Alexander Seliverstov Born on April 4, 1960, in Tashkent Higher Education He graduated in 1987 from the Moscow Aviation Institute of Technology with a degree in mechanical engineer. Employment Various positions at Khrunichev – engineer, foreman, production […]
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Artist’s conception of SpaceX’s Dragon in a propulsive landing. (Credit: SpaceX)
NASA Commercial Spaceflight — 60 Day Report
The space shuttle was the world’s first reusable spacecraft, but it will not be the last. All three of NASA’s CCiCap partners are designing their commercial crew transportation vehicles to be reused after ferrying NASA astronauts and other customers to and from low Earth orbit.
South Korea is hoping the third time is a charm for the Naro-1 rocket, which crashed in it first two launch attempts:
Korea will make its third and last attempt to launch a homegrown space rocket between Oct. 26 and 31 depending on the weather. The launch comes two years and four months after the second one failed on June 10, 2010….
The rocket will be taken to the launch pad on Oct. 24. The space center will conduct a final rehearsal the following day and make a final decision at 11 p.m. the same day when and whether to launch the rocket….
The first launch of the Ukrainian Cyclone 4 rocket from Brazil’s Alcantara Launch Center, originally set for next year, has been delayed: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and Ukrainian counterpart Victor Yanukovich agreed Friday on a plan to launch a jointly developed satellite from the South American nation in 2014…. That partnership dates from 2003, when Brazil and Ukraine embarked on the Cyclone 4 Alcantara project, which involves developing a launch […]
Ottawa, Ontario (AIAC PR) – The Aerospace Industries of Canada (AIAC) released the following statement in response to the unveiling of the Red Tape Reduction Action Plan by the Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board:
The Aerospace Industries Association of Canada congratulates the Government on its release of the Red Tape Reduction Action Plan. Canada’s aerospace industry relies on an efficient and supportive regulatory environment to do business effectively and profitably. The measures contained in this plan will ease the burden of regulatory compliance on our members, allowing them to spend more time focused on growing their businesses.
CST-100 crew evaluation. (Credit: Boeing)
NASA Commercial Spaceflight — 60 Day Report
NASA awarded the Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) Space Act Agreements (SAAs) just over two months ago, and all three partners are already making substantial progress toward completing their designs and performing hardware testing. These partners have transitioned from CCDev2 to CCiCap without skipping a beat.
A report on all the awesome things happening here in Mojave.
Europe’s space ministers, the knights of the roundish table, in 2008. (Credit: ESA)
By Douglas Messier
Parabolic Arc Managing Editor
ESA’s throwing a party next month, and everybody — and I mean EVERYBODY — is invited.
Well, maybe not a party per se. (Although there probably will be a few during the evening.) But, the next ESA Ministerial Council meeting in Caserta, Italy on November 20-21 will be the biggest one yet, featuring anyone in Europe with any interest in space whether they’ve joined the agency or not. And it will be crucial meet for Europe’s future in space.
Virgin Galactic has released some new photos of work being done on SpaceShipTwo at the Mojave Air and Space Port. The space plane is set to begin making powered flight tests toward the end of this year.
The U.S. Air Force’s reusable booster program has been canceled due to a lack of funding:
Due to “unexpected funding reductions,” the U.S. Air Force is discontinuing work on a prototype reusable rocket design effort that the U.S. National Research Council recently cited as a key steppingstone to an operational system.