Plans To Initiate Falcon 9 Commercial Operations At Cape In Q4
2008
Fledgling commercial space launch provider SpaceX announced
Wednesday it has been granted an Operational License by the US Air
Force for the use of Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station on the Florida coast.
Boeing announced Tuesday it has completed its acquisition of
Insitu Inc., a pioneer in the unmanned air systems (UAS) market and
leader in the design, development and manufacture of
high-performance, low-cost UAS used for intelligence, surveillance
and reconnaissance.
Garriott To Conduct YouTube Lessons For Students While In
Orbit
Richard Garriott, the next civilian 'tourinaut' slated to fly
into space and son of NASA's Skylab Astronaut Owen Garriott, plans
to take up where Educator Astronaut Barbara Morgan left off to
inspire the next generation. Garriott is conducting educational
activities as a part of his scheduled flight to the International
Space Station, slated for October in partnership with the
Challenger Center for Space Science Education.
Daunting Tasks Must Be Accomplished In VERY Hostile
Environment
Astronauts preparing for the upcoming STS-125 mission to service
the Hubble Space Telescope -- the last such flight ever to the
orbital observatory -- have a daunting tasks ahead of them. Not
only will they be performing some of the most complex tasks ever in
the history of the shuttle program... but they'll be doing so in a
decidedly unwelcoming neighborhood.
FASTRACK To Be Used On Reusable Suborbital Spacecraft
A new space experiment rack under development by NASA's Kennedy
Space Center, FL and Space Florida will undergo initial tests this
week. The rack will fly aboard NASA's first commercially-provided
research flights on Zero Gravity Corporation's reduced gravity
aircraft.
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