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VG PR ― LAS CRUCES, N.M. ― Virgin Galactic is pleased to announce the appointment of former NASA executive Michael P. Moses as the Vice President of Operations. Just days prior to the dedication of the company’s operational headquarters at Spaceport America in New Mexico, Virgin has named the highly respected human spaceflight leader to oversee the planning and execution of all operations of the company’s commercial suborbital spaceflight program at the site.
UP AEROSPACE PR — NASA’s Office of Chief Technologist Launch Opportunities Program has awarded UP Aerospace a contract to integrate technology payloads and launch them into space on up to 8 flights using the company’s SpaceLoft rocket. The launch contract is part of the 2 year IDIQ contract awarded to the firm on August 9, 2011. The contract reserves 2 SpaceLoft launches with options to purchase 6 additional flights in […]
Jack Kennedy
By Jack Kennedy
“A proposal by NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility to support commercial launches of human spaceflight missions from Virginia’s Eastern Shore poses a ‘direct threat’ to the economy and workforce of Florida,” roared late-September articles in Florida Today and the Orlando Sentinel, announcing an assault on the ambition of making Virginia’s commercial spaceport more capable.
During this past summer, NASA sought public input on an environmental study relating to land-use changes at the Wallops Flight Facility in Accomack County. The environmental impact study seeks to address the possibility of human space flight requirements at the commercial Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, operated by the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Oct. 10, 2011 – Dynetics officials announced today that Jim Halsell, former NASA astronaut and retired Air Force colonel, will join the company this month as technical director in the space division. Halsell, whose most recent position was vice president of Safety and Mission Assurance at ATK, will manage advanced space transportation projects for Dynetics.
A five-flight shuttle veteran, Halsell has logged more than 1,250 hours in space. He was the pilot on STS-65 and STS-74, and commander of STS-83, STS-94 and STS-101. He served as NASA director of operations at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, and as manager of Shuttle Launch Integration for Kennedy Space Center in Florida. He led NASA’s Space Shuttle Return-to-Flight Planning Team after the Columbia accident and served as assistant director for spaceflight training and aircraft operations, Flight Crew Operations Directorate.
IAE PR — The Aeronautics and Space Institute (IAE) has successfully, the test of separation of the four engines of the first stage of the Satellite Launching Vehicle (VLS). The event was successful and simulated a situation that will occur about 32 km altitude when the vehicle is in flight. The test was carried out yesterday (29/09) in the laboratory of Integration of the IAE propellants and had a team […]
Here are some additional details on the FAA COMSTAC Working Groups meetings being held later this week. The event is free and open to the public. EVENT: Export Control Reform Panel Discussion- Brian Nilsson, National Security Council Professional Staff Member, will provide a briefing on the Administration’s current export control reform plans and strategy. Also participating in the panel will be Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) an important voice on Capitol […]
This week on The Space Show with David Livingston…. Monday, Oct. 10: New Archived Program: This is a 40 plus minute interview with Josh Hopkins of Lockheed Martin from the recent AIAA Space 2011 Conference in Long Beach, CA. In this interview, we talk to Josh about human spaceflight to Mars, Phobos, and Deimos, Mars launch windows, solar max and the impact on radiation shielding going to Mars and much […]
OSC PR — Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), one of the world’s leading space technology companies, announced that David W. Thompson, its co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has been awarded the 2011 International Von Kármán Wings Award by the Aerospace Historical Society (AHS) and the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT). The 2011 award was presented to Mr. Thompson for his leadership of Orbital over the past three decades, which has pioneered new classes of rockets and satellites that have helped to make space applications more affordable and accessible to people and enterprises around the world.
Each year, the von Kármán Wings Award acknowledges an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the aerospace community over a sustained period of time as a pioneer, innovator and leader. For the past 26 years, the AHS has been dedicated to the preservation of the history and achievements of the aerospace industry and those individuals who helped shape its destiny.
Space Florida's Launch Complex 36
Brevard County, Florida(October 4, 2011) – Florida has awarded a $80,000 grant for programmatic environmental assessments on two launch complexes being upgraded by Space Florida for commercial launches.
Space Launch Complexes 36 and 46 are located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, which has leased them to Space Florida. SLC 36 was formerly used for Atlas launches. SLC 46 is being prepared for flights of Athena rockets, which are being put back into service by ATK next year to launch smaller satellites.
The funds were awarded to the Economic Development Commission (EDC) of Florida’s Space Coast under the state’s Defense Infrastructure Grant program. The awards were part of Gov. Rick Scott’s announcement last week of $2.4M in state defense grants to local communities and organizations that support Florida military installations.