Commercial Space
Masten Successfully Re-Ignites Rocket Engine During Test Flight
“This was by far the coolest rocket flight I’ve ever seen!” said Ian Garcia, Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineer for…
Study Says 11,800 Jobs to be Created Per Year by Commercial Space Flight
[/caption] The Commercial Spaceflight Federations says that an independent study reveals the new NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo Program funding…
Photo Gallery: Falcon 9 Now Vertical on the Launchpad
[/caption] Is the future here? Over the weekend, SpaceX rolled their Falcon 9 launch vehicle out to the launchpad at…
NASA to Invest $75 Million for Suborbital Science Flights
[/caption] NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver announced today the space agency will fund dozens of science and education payloads to…
Falcon 9 Flight Hardware Arrives at Cape Canaveral
[/caption] SpaceX announced Thursday that all flight hardware for the first launch of the Falcon 9 rocket has arrived at…
The Faces of the “New Frontier” of NASA’s Commercial Space Flight Plan
[/caption] NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden introduced today five commercial space companies that NASA will use to support transport of crew…
A Tale of Two Launches
[/caption] While space shuttle Endeavour's launch on Monday was scrubbed --again -- due to weather, another launch took place later,…
Former Astronaut John Herrington Resigns from Rocketplane
Former NASA astronaut John Herrington has resigned from the commercial space company Rocketplane Global, Inc. Herrington left NASA in 2005…