Courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Todd G. Dickson As Spaceport America readies to complete work on lengthening its runway and creating visitor centers, its anchor tenant Virgin Galactic is helping to secure passage of critical legislation. At a press conference Thursday, Nov. 15, in Albuquerque, the newly formed Save Our Spaceport Coalition held [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Todd G. Dickson The scaling back of government support for the traditional space program could be reversed if the new private space entrepreneurs are successful, said a keynote speaker on the first day of the two-day International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS). Robert Dickman, executive director [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Todd G. Dickson With Virgin Galactic developing its spaceliner and new launch testing at Spaceport America, the first jobs created by the spaceport are coming, members of a panel said. At the Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce community update forum Tuesday, Jan. 10, at the Doña [...]
Read MoreRelease courtesy of Spaceport America Upham, NM – New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) officials announced today a successful launch over the weekend of an advanced sounding rocket designed and built by Armadillo Aerospace. The launch took place from Spaceport America’s vertical launch complex on Sun., Dec. 4. The test flight was a non-public, unpublished event [...]
Read MoreArticle Courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News By Diana M. Alba UPHAM, N.M. – Bottle of champagne in hand, British billionaire and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson on Monday christened Spaceport America’s diamond feature – a $32.5 million terminal-hangar that one day will house the vehicles belonging to his fledgling spaceline – by rappelling off [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News UPHAM, N.M. – UP Aerospace Inc., a commercial space launch services company based in Denver, Colo., has announced plans to launch up to nine new missions from Spaceport America in 2012 and 2013. The $209 million, taxpayer-funded spaceport is nearing completion in Upham, N.M., in southeastern Sierra County, [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin By Todd G. Dickson Part of the state’s spaceport deal with Virgin Galactic is that the company set up its headquarters in New Mexico, and Las Cruces appears to be that place. Carolyn Wincer, Virgin Galactic’s head of travel and tourism, told the City Council Monday, Oct. 3, [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News By Diana M. Alba LAS CRUCES – Squeezing in a stop here while en route to London, Virgin Galactic’s president and CEO told spaceport officials Tuesday that the company remains committed to basing its suborbital flight operations in New Mexico. George Whitesides addressed the new board of directors [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of Las Cruces Sun-News LAS CRUCES – Britain-based Virgin Galactic, the anchor tenant company for New Mexico’s spaceport, on Monday announced the first-ever commercial contracts to fly scientists into suborbital space to conduct research. Virgin Galactic has signed a contract with San Antonio-based Southwest Research Institute to fly two researchers to space (more [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin In one of the first events at the Las Cruces Convention Center, 60 area businesses had booths at the Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce Industry Day event Wednesday, Dec. 1, to possibly get attention from 10 contractors interested in bidding on Spaceport America operational contracts. Participating businesses [...]
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