Boeing Workers Will Fly to ISS Aboard Their Company's New Spaceship
Boeing CST-100BoeingThis is the best job perk we've seen in some time: Work for Boeing, go to space.The aerospace firm is planning to send its own employees to the International Space Station on the...
View ArticleNASA's Shuttle Chief Will Manage Spaceflight Operations at Virgin Galactic
Mike Moses Speaks to Space Shuttle Employees Earlier this YearGianni Woods/NASANASA has gone to great lengths to seed and cultivate the commercial space industry over the past few years, but it may...
View ArticleIn NASA's New Budget: Webb Telescope Stays Alive, But Commercial Spaceflight...
Full-scale model of James Webb Space Telescope, on display in MunichThe model weighs 12,000 pounds.EADS AstriumA House and Senate Committee keeps the JWST moving forward, but cuts NASA's commercial...
View ArticleVirginia May Give Tax Breaks to Those Who Opt for Burial In Space
Atlas V LaunchULAWhen it's time to shuffle off your mortal coil and find a place to spend eternity, there are plenty of futurific ways to do it - from screwdriver-like vertical burial, to cryogenic...
View ArticleSpaceX Delays the First Launch of its Dragon Spacecraft to the ISS (Again)
Dragon on Approach to the ISSArtist's renderingNASA/SpaceXThe first launch of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft to the ISS has been delayed yet again. No new date has been set, but the SpaceX apparently feels...
View ArticleQ+A: SpaceX Engineer Garrett Reisman on Building the World's Safest Spacecraft
Garrett Reisman, Aboard STS-132Now at SpaceX, Reisman is using his spaceflight know-how to help build what the commercial space company hopes will be the safest spacecraft the world has ever...
View ArticlePopSci Q&A: How Nanoracks Sends Scotch, iPhones and School Experiments to Space
Installing Nanoracks ExperimentsAstronauts install Nanoracks experiments and equipment on the International Space Station during STS-134, Endeavour's final mission. The payload customers included the...
View ArticleThe Dawn of the Commercial Space Age is (Probably) Happening This Weekend
SpaceX's Falcon 9 Takes OffSpaceXSpaceX's Dragon heads for the ISS in a historic first flight for the commercial space industry Update: After abnormally high pressures were detected inside the Falcon...
View ArticleWatch It Live: SpaceX's Dragon Capsule Splashes Back Down on Earth This Morning
Dragon CapsuleSpaceXUpdated: One last major milestone achieved for SpaceX's Dragon capsule today: A successful splashdown and recovery. The privately built spacecraft unlatched from the International...
View ArticleWhat Absolutely Cannot Go Wrong When Felix Baumgartner Attempts The Longest...
Leaping Into The UnknownBASE jumper Felix Baumgartner plummets toward Earth in a spacesuit during a test skydive. The grand attempt will be a jump from 120,000 feet.Jay Nemeth/Red Bull Content PoolOn...
View ArticleVideo: SpaceX's Dragon Capsule Blasts Toward Space Station
Dragon Launches Oct. 7The SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule lift off Oct. 7NASAThe capsule thunders aloft, carrying cargo under the U.S. flag for the first time. SpaceX's Dragon capsule launched...
View ArticleNASA Puts Space Shuttle Launch Facilities Up For Sale. Make An Offer!
Launch Pad 39A, EmptyNASAThe space agency wants new tenants or owners for its now-obsolete shuttle equipment. Click to launch the photo galleryThe space shuttles are all nestled in their retirement...
View ArticleThe Next Crews With The Right Stuff Will Work For Private Companies, Not NASA
Boeing's CST-100 Vehicle, As Rendered by an ArtistBoeingSpaceship builders will assume the flight risk first with their own test pilot employees. Private companies are already sending cargo into space...
View ArticleThe Science Press Is Going Crazy Over SpaceX's Most Recent Rocket Launch. Why?
SpaceX GrasshopperSteve Jurvetson, via Wikimedia CommonsWhat a modest rocket flight tells us about the future of space tourism On Thursday, March 7, SpaceX's Grasshopper rocket launched 263 feet into...
View ArticleCould Privately Funded Orbiters Fill The Looming Weather Satellite Gap?
Hurricane SandyClick here to see this scary storm even larger!NASA GOES ProjectWithout global coverage, weather (and climate) prediction models will get things wrong. Pictures like the one above,...
View ArticleBoeing Workers Will Fly to ISS Aboard Their Company's New Spaceship
Boeing CST-100 Boeing This is the best job perk we've seen in some time: Work for Boeing, go to space.The aerospace firm is planning to send its own employees to the International Space Station on the...
View ArticleNASA's Shuttle Chief Will Manage Spaceflight Operations at Virgin Galactic
Mike Moses Speaks to Space Shuttle Employees Earlier this Year Gianni Woods/NASA NASA has gone to great lengths to seed and cultivate the commercial space industry over the past few years, but it may...
View ArticleIn NASA's New Budget: Webb Telescope Stays Alive, But Commercial Spaceflight...
Full-scale model of James Webb Space Telescope, on display in Munich The model weighs 12,000 pounds. EADS Astrium NASA's new budget, approved by a House and Senate conference committee and going...
View ArticleVirginia May Give Tax Breaks to Those Who Opt for Burial In Space
Atlas V Launch ULA When it's time to shuffle off your mortal coil and find a place to spend eternity, there are plenty of futurific ways to do it — from screwdriver-like vertical burial, to cryogenic...
View ArticleSpaceX Delays the First Launch of its Dragon Spacecraft to the ISS (Again)
Dragon on Approach to the ISS Artist's rendering NASA/SpaceX The first launch of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft to the ISS has been delayed yet again. No new date has been set, but the SpaceX apparently...
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