Category Archives: NewSpace News

SpaceX Launch Success Heralds Wave of Manned Commercial Spaceflight Development

Posted on 05.22.2012 by astrowright

The successful launch early this morning of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and its Dragon spacecraft payload on a pioneering demonstration flight for NASA to the International Space Station has blazed a trail through conventional wisdom when it comes to … Continue reading →

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Astrowright researcher appears in Newsweek

Posted on 07.11.2011 by astrowright

While not by name, look for Astrowright Research Scientist Ben McGee in the July 18, 2011 hardcopy edition of Newsweek magazine.  (The article is available online now.)  Entitled, “The Next Space Race – Private Companies Fill the Void Left by … Continue reading →

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Timeline for LEO commercial crew services takes shape

Posted on 04.30.2011 by astrowright

Representatives from the recent Phase 2 awardees of NASA’s Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) Program were on-hand last week at Kennedy Space Center to speak to reporters about the future of their respective companies and spacecraft.  One of the practical outcomes of this … Continue reading →

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The Next-Generation Suborbital Researcher’s Conference 2011

Posted on 03.04.2011 by astrowright

Astrowright staff attended the inspirational and highly-energized 2011 Next-Generation Suborbital Researcher’s Conference (NSRC), which was held Feb. 28 to Mar. 2 on the University of Central Florida campus outside of Orlando, Florida. As only the second conference of its kind, … Continue reading →

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