In case you haven’t been to the SpaceX website lately, its a good time to check it out. Gone are the old Battlestar Galactica stationary clipped corners, and in its place a slick new look which feels decidedly more corporate, (but not stodgy.) Two features should not be overlooked. The company is now […]
SpaceX tweeted this picture of an Amercan flag flying on top of its new transporter / erector at Vandenberg, Ca. Note the substantial structure designed to support the Falcon Heavy’s triple core configuration.
Although there has been no official word from SpaceX, nor even a tweet from Elon Musk, according to Wacotrib.com Space X apparently conducted another moderately long duration test of the Falcon 9-R Wednesday evening. It is unclear just how long the test lasted with witnesses saying it was “about a minute.” NASAspaceflight.com has a […]
The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center announced yesterday that it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Space Exploration Technologies Corp., paving the way for the company to take the next steps along the pathway to entering the EELV business as outlined in the New Entrants Certification Guide which was introduced in October 2011. […]
Source : Brownsville Herald With the stroke of a pen on Friday, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed into law legislation allowing for the temporary closure of part of Boca Chica beach during SpaceX launch windows. The legislation, House Bill 2623, allows for the beach to be closed except for holiday and weekends during the summer. An exception is made […]
Update: Following a scrub on Thursday due a problem with helium pressurization, the launch of the Delta IV carrying SatCom 5 has been reset for 8:37 p.m. EDT this evening. Original: After a stand down dating back to October 4th , a United Launch Alliance (Boeing) Delta IV is prepared to return to flight this […]
On Thursday, May 23 at 1:30 p.m. EDT, NASA Associate Administrator Bill Gerstenmaier and Bigelow Aerospace founder and president Robert Bigelow will hold a “media availability” to discuss the Space Act Agreement between the two organizations. The event comes two months after the original document outlining the participation was signed in late March of this year, and almost midway through […]
The Humans2Mars Summit in Washington D.C. wrapped up today, and almost all of the proceedings recorded on Livestream, either already are, or will be, posted on the ExploreMars.Org website, and are certainly worth a look. A couple of points stand out. One: Dr. John Logdson noted a distinction in the current program of record which was introduced as NASA’s […]
According to a report in the Valley Star, SpaceX counsel and Director of Governmental Affairs Caryn Schenewerk testified before a Texas House Committee yesterday that one of the issues the Hawthorne, Ca. based company is taking into account in selecting a commercial launch site, is possible complaints over the noise generated by a rocket launch. Among the statements contained in the story: […]
A report in Florida Today indicates that the State of Florida’s plan to secure a long-term commercial spaceport independent from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and the U.S. Air Force Eastern Test Range have been dealt a potentially serious blow. In a letter addressed to Florida Lieutenant Governor Jennifer Carrol, NASA rebuffed Florida’s request to transfer former state land, purchased by NASA in the […]
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