BERLIN (SXC PR) — SXC announces that its first German ticket to space was sold to Dr. Jos Gal, a dentist, consultant and adventurer from Heidelberg. The forty-year old German earned himself a reputation as a top dentist and is proud to be the first German to go into space with SXC.
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This week on The Space Show with David Livingston…. 1. Monday, April 9, 2012 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): DRS. JOHN JURIST AND HAYM BENAROYA are back to discuss our draft space policy letters to the editor. These draft letters will be posted on The Space Show blog for your comments prior to air time. The three of us want your comments and feedback, good or […]
Some big news just in (via Clark Lindsey over at Hobby Space) that SpaceX is looking to build a commercial spaceport on the Gulf Coast in Cameron County, Texas. The news came in a published notice that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the plan.
Under the Proposed Action, SpaceX proposes to construct a vertical launch area and a control center area to support up to 12 commercial launches per year. The vehicles to be launched include the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy (up to two per year), and a variety of smaller reusable suborbital launch vehicles. SpaceX would be required to apply for the appropriate launch licenses and/or experimental permits to be issued by the FAA.
Training in an L-39 Albatross job in preparation for spaceflight. (Credit: SXC)
SXC PR — Beginning on the 12th of March 2012 our first astronaut training missions took place in Soesterberg and Eelde in The Netherlands. We did trainings in the unique Desdemona simulator and in the L-39 Albatross Jet.
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The Voyager Restaurant at the Mojave Air and Space Port will become “100 percent” better, with an improved menu, longer hours and Sunday service, its owner told the East Kern Airport District Board of Directors on Tuesday.
Astronaut Shannon Walker activates an experiment aboard the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA
From Sen. Sherrod Brown’s Office
Florida Center Picked to Fulfill Contract is Not Performing the Type of Work Needed to Manage Laboratory; Brown Leads Members of the Ohio Delegation in Encouraging NASA to Reopen the Competition for Contract – Space Laboratory Associates—a Partnership Between the Universities Space Research Association and Battelle Memorial Institute—is Ready to Begin Space Launch System Work Immediately
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The center selected to manage the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory is not performing the type of work necessary to fulfill NASA’s requirements, spurring U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) to urge NASA to reconsider the contract awarded to Center for Advancement in Science and Space (CASIS). In light of the resignation of the head of CASIS, which is located at the Kennedy Space Station in Florida, Brown today led members of the Ohio delegation on a letter to NASA encouraging the agency to reopen the competition for the contract and to consider the strong application made by Space Laboratory Associates. Space Laboratory Associates (SLA) is a joint partnership between the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) and Battelle Memorial Institute.
By Douglas Messier
Parabolic Arc Managing Editor
Roscosmos and the Skolkovo Fund will work together on developing advanced space and telecommunications technologies as part of the space agency’s long-range development plan that extends out to 2030 and beyond, Russian media report.
The Angara rocket family. (Credit: Allocer)
By Douglas Messier
Parabolic Arc Managing Editor
Russia’s new Angara rocket family, which began development after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, will finally fly next year after two decades of effort. Providing, of course, that work is completed in time on the rocket’s launch facility and other ground infrastructure at Plesetsk.
That’s the word from Vladimir Nesterov, the Director General of the Khrunichev company that is building Angara. He discussed the status of the new rocket in a recent interview with the Russian news agency RIA Novosti.
The wind turbines outside of Mojave appear vaguely menacing in a Transformers sort of way at dusk. Within a few minutes, their blinding Cylon Centaurian-style red warning beacons will be turned on, annoying pilots and residents alike for the rest of the evening. (Credit: Douglas Messier)
By Douglas Messier
Parabolic Arc Managing Editor
…light pollution caused by wind turbines!
You didn’t see that one coming, did ya?
Well, nobody ever expects light pollution. Or the Spanish Inquisition! (Da da dum!)
But, I digress.
Some updates on the Brazilian space program: Officials have budgeted $2.2 billion over the next three years for the nation’s space program, according to press reports. The largest chunk of the funds will go toward efforts to launch Ukraine’s Cyclone-4 rocket from Brazil’s Alcantara Launch Center. The inaugural flight is currently scheduled for late 2013. Another key priority is the CBERS-3 environmental satellite that Brazil is developing with China. On […]