It’s official! E.R.P.S. will be hosting the 2019 Space Access conference at the Fremont Marriott Hotel, April 18th – 21st, 2019. Space Access is the premier conference for space technology focused on getting reliable, reusable, affordable access to space for
Elon Musk Testing ‘X-Wing’ Fins For Reusable Rockets, Seafaring Spaceport Drones For Landing | TechCrunch
by Darrell Etherington (@drizzled) Let’s face it: Elon Musk is probably a time traveller sent back to help us leave earth behind and achieve the next phase of human evolution. The inventor and entrepreneur issued a minor tweet storm today, in which
SpaceShip Two Goes Supersonic
From Cosmic Log By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane lit up its engine for the first time in flight on Monday, taking a giant supersonic leap toward outer space. The crucial 16-second blast took
XCOR Propulsion Milestone
XCOR Aerospace today announced a first in aviation and space history, the firing of a full piston pump-powered rocket engine. This breakthrough is the foundation for fully reusable spacecraft that can fly multiple times per day, every day. It is
KLM To Offer Suborbital Flights Using XCOR Lynx
KLM Announces Suborbital Flight Relationship with Space Experience Curaçao Using XCOR’s Lynx Suborbital Spacecraft November 17, 2010, Mojave, CA: Today KLM Royal Dutch Airlines announced to the Netherlands press that they were embarking upon a new relationship with Space Experience
Xombie Gets PopSci Award
Masten Space Systems has been chosen as one of the 10 “Best of What’s New” Innovations by Popular Science magazine. “Vertical takeoff/vertical landing (VTVL) spacecraft made an important advance in May, when a demonstration spacecraft called Xombie, built by the
SpaceShipTwo Free Flight
Alan Boyle writes: Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane was set loose for its first gliding flight today, about 45,000 feet above California’s Mojave Desert — and landed to a chorus of cheers minutes later. That’s one small step for gliders,
SpaceShipTwo Testing
SpaceShipTwo took to the skies over Mojave, California recently in the first capture flight test with a pilot on board. The double-hulled WhiteKnight2 lifted the commercial suborbital vehicle into the blue desert skies July 16th and did some manouvering before
Farewell, Rocketplane
Rocketplane Global has been barely hanging on the last couple of years since its orbital counterpart, Rocketplane Global, lost its NASA COTS award and the financial crisis dried up the investment market. The company, in particular vice president Chuck Lauer,
SpaceX and Iridium Sign $492M Launch Contract
Posted by Soulskill on Thursday June 17, @12:39PM from the bringing-home-the-bacon dept. FleaPlus writes: “Following up on the successful first launch of their Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX has signed a $492M deal for launching several dozen satellites for the Iridium
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