New Mexico Govenor Bill Richardson fires the Lynx RCS thruster prototype during a visit at XCOR Aerospace. Photo Credit: XCOR Aerospace
XCOR NEWSLETTER ARTICLE
Former Energy Secretary, UN Ambassador and current New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and a group of 160 prominent business leaders from his state visited XCOR Aerospace and the Mojave Air and Space Port in a bid to learn more about the top players in the new commercial space launch industry.
Asteroid Ida
NASA is looking for a few good ideas about how to use lunar resources, build advanced power systems, operate sophisticated robotics, and land autonomously on the moon.
In The Space Review this week: Doris Hamill explains why President Obama’s plan for NASA to explore multiple destinations beyond LEO using new technologies will require a new spirit of cooperation between the operational and research sides of NASA. Taylor Dinerman examines the prospects and possibilities of NASA flying an additional space shuttle mission beyond the three already scheduled. Recent events like an ASAT test and satellite collision have illustrated […]
Monday, May 10, 2010, 2-3:30 PM PDT: We welcome back Gary Hudson to the show. Gary s a long time rocketeer, was CEO of Rotary Rocket, involved with Air Launch LLC and much more. There is much to discuss with Gary. Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 7- 8:30 PM PDT: We welcome back Kevin Sloan to update us on this year’s Mars Society University Rover Contest. Friday, May 14, 2010, 9:30-11:30 […]
Russia to develop lander for Chandrayaan-II
The Hindu
Russia will develop a lander that will ferry a rover to explore the moon’s surface as part of the Chandrayaan-II mission, slated for launch in 2013, project director of Chandrayaan-I and II M. Annadurai said on Sunday.
Ares I-X lifts off from the Cape.
Ambitious Ares test flight plan proposed for HLV demonstrations
NASASpaceflight.com
A plan has been created for the continued use of Ares via a series of test flights, ultimately leading up to a Heavy Lift Vehicle (HLV) program in the second half of this decade. Appearing to bank on major changes being negotiated by Congress in NASA’s FY2011 budget proposal, the plan would result in three Ares I test flights being conducted by the end of 2014…
Artists' conception of a Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral. (Credit: SpaceX)
SPACEX STATUS REPORT
May 6, 2010
As we continue to progress towards the first Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral, certification of the flight termination system (FTS) and subsequent range availability remain the two primary schedule drivers.
The late great Mir space station.
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 on the pad at Cape Canaveral. (Credit: Chris Thompson/SpaceX)
John Kelly: SpaceX focuses on changes
Florida Today
SpaceX is determined to break through the barrier to launching new, cheaper rockets from Cape Canaveral.
The firm and its brash founder, Elon Musk, are on a trajectory that reaches beyond launching the first Falcon 9. They aim to disrupt the whole launch business.
Miles O’Brien looks at the last flight of the space shuttle Atlantis and other news of the week.
Space Company Energia May Finance Satellite Firm Sea Launch
The Moscow Times
Space corporation Energia has received preliminary approval from a U.S. court to pay the operating costs of bankrupt consortium Sea Launch, possibly with the intention of purchasing the company. The specially created Energia subsidiary Energia Overseas Lim ited, or EOL, will help Sea Launch out of bankruptcy. Sea Launch, which launches satellites from an offshore platform, filed for bankruptcy in Delaware on June 22, 2009.
A taikonaut emerges from China's Shenzhou 7 spacecraft after a successful orbital flight
China signs up first female astronauts
Xinhua
China’s space authorities added seven new members to its astronaut crew on Friday, with two women included for the first time.
