Space shuttle Atlantis lands on runway 33 at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility concluding the STS-129 mission. Photo credit: NASA Jack Pfaller
Layoffs began last week at key NASA centers and contractors as a result of multiple factors. Some related to the wind down of the space shuttle program. Others resulted from Congressional action that will transition the space agency away from the Constellation program. A smaller number involved NASA budget reductions to one center.
On The Space Show this week… Monday, Oct. 4, 2010: 2-3:30 PM PDT: We welcome Futron’s Jacob Gullish and COO and Director of Space and Telecommunications Division, Ms. Peggy Slye. Our guests will be discussing the Futron Space Competitive Index for 2010. Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, 7-8:30 PM PDT: We welcome back Dennis Stone to discuss World Space Week now in progress. Wednesday, Oct. 6, 7-8 PM PDT: We welcome […]
SpaceX's Falcon 9 on the pad at Cape Canaveral. (Credit: Chris Thompson/SpaceX)
Experimental Falcon proposed to Azerbaijan for launch of first national satellite
Azerbaijan Business Center
A government source says that within the relevant tender U.S. company SpaceX has suggested Falcon missile carrier for launch of the first satellite of Azerbaijan.
“This carrier rocket has not carried out any commercial launch of satellites, and in case of its victory in the tender the cost of a contract with insurance company can be incredible,†the source said….
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver spoke recently during the TEDxMidTownNY gathering. (Thanks to Clark Lindsey at Hobby Space for point this out.)
SPACE FLORIDA PRESS RELEASE
On September 24, 2010, the Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast was awarded a $500,000 Defense Infrastructure Grant from the State of Florida – to be used for critical communications upgrades at Space Florida’s Space Launch Complex 46 (SLC-46) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS).
Last week, Virgin Galactic Founder Richard Branson predicted that SpaceShipTwo would begin commercial operations within 18 months. He gave a similar estimate during an appearance at the Oshkosh airshow 14 months ago concerning vehicle testing (above). It was six years ago today that SpaceShipOne captured the $10 million Ansari X Prize. When Scaled Composites test pilot Brinnie Binnie landed the vehicle in Mojave, a new era of space tourism was […]
Saudi’s KACST signs two agreements with NASA Zawya.com Saudi Arabia city of King Abdulaziz for Science and Technology (KACST) signed here on Saturday two agreements in the fields of Space Geodesy and Aeronautics in addition to a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) in the fields of space and aviation with US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The signing ceremony came following the opening session of the Saudi International Conference for […]
SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket
EPA PRESS RELEASE
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined Hawthorne, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies, Inc., – also known as SpaceX – $45,600 for violating hazardous waste requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Rocket Company Launches Stock Offering
Tico Times
The Ad Astra Rocket Company, founded in 2005 by Costa Rican astronaut and physicist Franklin Chang, announced Wednesday that it will become a limited public corporation, offering stock to investors willing to pay a minimum of $25,000 on Costa Rica’s National Stock Exchange.
Space News reports that that Japanese government wants to commercialize the nation’s space program even as another report shows outlines its dismal record in convincing business to use the Kibo module on the International Space Station:
The Japanese government wants to promote more private-sector space development by reorienting its spending away from its research focus and toward commercially oriented programs and crafting a new law to permit commercial launch services, Japanese government and industry officials said Sept. 28.
NCSU PRESS RELEASE
The key to the stability of any building is its foundation, but it is difficult to test some building sites in advance – such as those on the moon. New research from North Carolina State University is helping resolve the problem by using computer models that can utilize a small sample of soil to answer fundamental questions about how soil at a building site will interact with foundations.
Artist's conception of Boeing's commercial crew module. (Credit: Boeing)
NASA has wasted no time getting started on Round 2 of its Commercial Crew Development program. Less than 48 hours after the House voted to approve a commercial friendly NASA appropriations bill, the space agency publicly announced the second phase.
