Hawthorne, CA — For the second time this year, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is at the International Space Station. Expedition 33 crew members Akihiko Hoshide and Sunita Williams today grappled Dragon and attached it to the station, completing a critical stage of the SpaceX CRS-1 cargo resupply mission. Hoshide used the station’s robotic arm to [...]
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor and United States Naval Aviator. He was notable for being the first human to set foot upon the Moon. Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was in the United States Navy and served in the [...]
Streaming Live by Ustream The Phoenix mission is led by Peter Smith at the University of Arizona, Tucson, with project management at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and development partnership at Lockheed Martin, Denver. International contributions are provided by the Canadian Space Agency; the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland; the universities of Copenhagen and Aarhus, [...]
(Hawthorne, CA) – Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) today won a $440 million contract with NASA to develop the successor to the Space Shuttle and transport American astronauts into space. “This is a decisive milestone in human spaceflight and sets an exciting course for the next phase of American space exploration,” said SpaceX CEO and Chief [...]
Space is sexy, but our unbridled enthusiasm for space development is like a drug. It has built unrealistic expectations for what can be accomplished in the near term. On the other hand, there are those in the arms control community who hype the idea that some form of arms race in outer space is imminent [...]
SAN DIEGO and BURBANK, Calif. (July 13, 2012) – In what will certainly go down as the ultimate Comic-Con giveaway, Warner Bros. Television awarded one lucky fan of The Big Bang Theory a truly out-of-this-world trip … INTO SPACE aboard XCOR Aerospace’s Lynx RLV (Reusable Launch Vehicle) at the show’s panel session in Hall H [...]
BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhua) — Three Chinese astronauts Sunday successfully completed a manual docking between Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and the orbiting Tiangong-1 lab module, the first such attempt in China’s history of space exploration. It means China has completely grasped space rendezvous and docking technologies and the country is fully capable of transferring humans and cargo [...]
XCOR Contact: Mike Massee XCOR Aerospace Phone (661) 824-4714 x127 email Press Release SXC Contact: Eva Van Pelt Space Expedition Corporation Phone +31-6 146 94681 Email: eva@spacexc.com XCOR Aerospace Announces Space Expedition Corporation (SXC) As General Sales Agent For Space Tourism Flights June 7th, 2012, Mojave CA, USA and New York City, NY: With the [...]
SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft Safely Completes Historic Mission to the Space Station This morning, at approximately 8:42 AM Pacific/11:42 AM Eastern, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) completed its historic mission when the Dragon spacecraft splashed down safely in the Pacific. The vehicle will now be recovered by boats and start the trip back to land. At 11:00 [...]
Intelsat Signs First Commercial Falcon Heavy Launch Agreement with SpaceX Advanced Vehicle Provides Expanded Options for Operator of the World’s Largest Satellite Fleet Washington, DC / Hawthorne, CA May 29, 2012 – Today, Intelsat, the world’s leading provider of satellite services, and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), the world’s fastest growing space launch company, announced the [...]
