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December 13, 2018

VSS Unity Reaches The Edge Of Space On Test Flight

Pilots Mark 'Forger' Stucky And Frederick 'CJ' Sturckow To Be Presented With FAA Commercial Astronaut Wings

History has been made and a long-anticipated dream realized in Mojave, CA today, as Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity landed from her maiden spaceflight to cheers from Richard Branson and the teams from Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company.

Also: Drone Detection Security, Electric Helicopter Record, Huerta Joins ParaZero, Mavic 2 Pro Review Series

The FAA and AUVSI have announced plans for the 4th Annual FAA UAS Symposium on February 12-14, 2019 at the Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD. This year’s Symposium is all about “getting down to business.” Come learn how the FAA is partnering with industry stakeholders to find the balance between safety and innovation in order to advance UAS integration. Attendees will hear directly from senior FAA officials, government agencies, industry and academia on how UAS challenges are being tackled today and what to expect in the future. Even the cops have to deal with Drone Paranoia... The ACLU is raising concerns about NYPD's recently-announced plans t

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Orion Span Launches Aurora Station Crowdfunding Campaign

Company Designing A Luxury Space Hotel It Hopes To Open In 2022

The space tourism company that is designing a luxury space hotel, has announced an unprecedented crowdfunding campaign. Investors interested in the space tourism race – and those who were captivated by news of Aurora Station's launch earlier this year – can now become investors in the project. The campaign is live on SeedInvest, a leading equity crowdfunding platform that has financed more than 220 highly vetted companies across technology and consumer markets.

Discovery Comes Shortly After Completion Of 1.4 Million-Mile Journey

Recently analyzed data from NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission has revealed water locked inside the clays that make up its scientific target, the asteroid Bennu.

The Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring Of Pollution (TEMPO) Spectrometer Will Measure Air Quality

Ball Aerospace has delivered the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) spectrometer to NASA after a successful final acceptance review. Once launched, TEMPO will be a space-based ultraviolet/visible light air quality spectrometer in geostationary orbit over greater North America.

Test Flight Planned With Launch Window Opening Thursday

The fourth powered flight of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity spacecraft may take the test pilots to the fringe of space. And the window for that flight opens Thursday, December 13.