Washington, D.C. (CSF PR) – The Commercial Spaceflight Federation has elected Stuart O. Witt as the next Chairman. Witt was nominated and elected by CSF’s Executive Board of Directors, whose members span the industry. Witt succeeds Eric Anderson, who has completed his appointed term. Anderson will continue to serve as a CSF Officer and member of the Board.

Witt, one of CSF’s founders, is the CEO of the Mojave Air & Space Port, which was designated as the nation’s first inland spaceport and is the birthplace of our nation’s commercial space endeavors. Mojave is home to Scaled Composite’s SpaceShipOne, which won the $10M Ansari XPRIZE in 2004.

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In memory of all those who lost their lives that day. And all those who saved lives.

Flight: 95 Date: 05 Sep 12 Flight Time: 3.1 hr WK2 Pilot: Colmer WK2 CoPilot: Stucky WK2 FTE: Withrow Objectives: Virgin Galactic WK2 pilot proficiency Simulated engine out minimum control speed testing Communication and radio navigation system performance testing Results: Static and dynamic Vmca test points completed at maximum continuous thrust at a build-up altitude. Long range VOR and communication performance successfully verified. ILS guidance and performance verified throughout the […]

Seth MacFarlane speaking at Planetfest 2012 with Ann Druyan, the widow of Carl Sagan. The talk was held hours before NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars. Seth MacFarlane is the creator of Family Guy, voice actor, director and writing. He is co-producing the new Cosmos series to be broadcast on the Fox TV network in 2014.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL., September 10, 2012 (CASIS PR) – The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) – manager of the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory – today announced that it is collaborating with global healthcare company Merck to conduct cutting-edge therapeutic research on board the ISS in 2013.

The ISS-based research will focus on therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (MABs), which are engineered proteins designed to bind to targets that cause disease, potentially allowing greater specificity than conventional therapies with fewer side effects.

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President Barack Obama made a campaign swing through Florida over the weekend. Below are excerpts from a White House transcript of remarks he made at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne relating to space, science and technology funding, and competitiveness.

THE PRESIDENT: Here on the Space Coast, we started a new era of American exploration that is creating good jobs right here in this county. (Applause.) We’ve begun an ambitious new direction for NASA by laying the groundwork for 21st century space flight and innovation. And just last month, we witnessed an incredible achievement that speaks to the nation’s sense of wonder and our can-do spirit — the United States of America landing Curiosity on Mars. (Applause.)

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A good overview of all the space tourism options that are juuuust around the corner.

This week on The Space Show with David Livingston…. 1. Monday, September 10, 2012, 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): No show today as am attending the AIAA Space 2012 Conference. 2. Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, 7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EDT, 9-10:30 PM CDT): No show today as am attending the AIAA Space 2012 Conference. 3. Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, 9:30-11 AM PDT (11:30- 1 PM […]

Silicon Valley, CA (Moon Express PR) – Moon Express, Inc., a provider of commercial and scientific missions to the Moon, has unveiled its senior technical team of veteran space industry engineers hired to lead the company’s flight programs. The Moon Express technical leadership team is described as a who’s who of space industry veterans with over 50 NASA space missions to their credit, bringing to the company a deep understanding of NASA know-how and a passion to develop a new era of commercial space exploration beyond low Earth orbit. The announcement was made to commercial space industry leaders during a Commercial Spaceflight Federation meeting in Washington, DC.

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