The three firms competing to become NASA’s post-shuttle provider of astronaut transportation services under the agency’s Commercial Crew Program reported different impacts from an ongoing partial government shutdown that has furloughed NASA civil servants authorized to pay these companies for…
In short: he’s in trouble. In the film Gravity, which opens this month, two astronauts are on a spacewalk when an accident hurtles them into the void. So what would actually happen if you went, in NASA’s terminology, “overboard”? NASA…
An unmanned cargo ship successfully berthed with the orbiting International Space Station on Sunday following a one-week delay due to a technical glitch, NASA said. ISS astronauts “successfully captured the Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo spacecraft with the station’s robotic arm”…
The space-travel industry is more competitive than ever — and just as in all industries, there will be winners and losers You could be forgiven for thinking that everyone but you is going into space. You could also be forgiven…
A successful launch and a separate in-orbit rendezvous on Sunday, both funded largely with corporate dollars, are accelerating what amounts to the privatization of NASA’s current human spaceflight efforts. Orbital Sciences Corp. became the second commercial entity to send a…
WASHINGTON — In an attempt to forestall congressional direction of the process, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Office of Commercial Space Transportation has produced a 50-page list of safety practices that could serve as the cornerstone for future commercial…
A slight glitch means docking is on hold until after new crew arrives on Soyuz. After an apparently flawless launch last week, Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus capsule was supposed to have docked on the International Space Station over the weekend. It…
Have you ever looked up on a clear night sky and wonder where the ISS might be? If so, there’s a website for that. NASA has made it easier for observers to sign up for email alerts or text messages…
Waypoint 2 Space is proud to announce we have been accepted into the Commercial Spaceflight Federation. This amazing organization is comprised of leading businesses and organizations working to make commercial human spaceflight a reality. The mission of the Commercial Spaceflight…
The Houston Airport System sees the potential for the city to be a leading player in commercial spaceflight and presented plans Thursday to build a spaceport at Ellington Field. Mario Diaz, the Director of Aviation at the Houston Airport System,…