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Plans For Spaceport America Revealed
We first heard about the plans for Virgin Galactic and Spaceport America back in December 2005. The home base for space travel promises to bring space tourism to the New Mexico desert. Now the team of US and British architects and designers working ...
New Mexico Gets A Spaceport
New Mexico's governor, Bill Richardson, is set to announce the inaugural launch in a series of space launches to
occur at the State's new Southwest Regional Spaceport. On March 27, 2006, UP Aerospace will launch its SpaceLoft rocket
on a ...
Space Adventures Plans An Arab Emirates Spaceport
We mentioned Space Adventures earlier for their new partnership with Prodea but they have
also announced plans for a commercial spaceport in Ras Al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates as part of a plan for
global spaceports in various locations. The ...
More On The New Mexico Spaceport: The Starck Factor
A few days ago we mentioned Virgin Galactic's move to New
Mexico. The official details were revealed in a press conference in England,
reports Space.com. Sir Richard Branson will build a
$22 million spaceport and they are building five ...
Richard Branson Dedicates Spaceport America's First Runway
Sir Richard Branson was all smiles in New Mexico on October 22 as he and Governor Bill Richardson were on hand to open the world's first commercial spaceport in New Mexico. Spaceport America will be used by Virgin Galactic, Branson's space tourism ...
Jeff Bezos Has Super Secret Space Plans
I'd been sucked in by Richard Branson's dog-and-pony show
regarding Virgin Galactic but meanwhile Amazon.com founder Jeff
Bezos has been planning his own space lair for his aerospace company, Blue Origin. According to this AP story, Bezos recently ...
The Rocket Racing League Plans New Mexico Headquarters
More news on the growing space industry
in New Mexico. Aero-News
Network reports that New Mexico governor Bill Richardson has announced that the Rocket Racing League, the NASCAR of the sky, will
have its world headquarters in New Mexico. The Rocket ...
Will Sheboygan Be The Home Of A New Space Port?
We've
done plenty of talking about New Mexico's spaceport plans but is
there anywhere else in the United States that has space plans? The town of Sheboygan, Wisconsin of all places, has their
own idea to
create a Midwest space research center and ...
Will Rocketplane Bring Space Tourism To Hawaii?
Hawaii to Oahu via space? That's the potential plan being floated by Rocketplane Global which hopes to put a new spin on island hopping. The flight offers a different view of our planet than other space tourism take-off points, showcasing the ...
Virgin Galactic Heading To New Mexico
Is Richard Branson taking Virgin
Galactic to New Mexico? Space.com says that
Branson, who at practically every personal appearance loves to talk space, is working with New Mexico Governor Bill
Richardson to iron out the details. In September, ...
Rocketplane
I'm fully obsessed with spaceflight so I was excited to learn about this company that is also joining the commercial
space race. Rocketplane modifies Learjet 25 airframes as platforms for re-usable spacecraft, bringing four passengers
to ...
Win Your Way Onto A Rocketplane
We wrote about Rocketplane earlier this summer, they are
a company that plans to modify LearJet 25 frames into sub-orbital space craft. They plan to open in 2007. Now
Space.com reports that Rocketplane has teamed up with a
company called ...
Is Branson Buying Lady Barbaretta?
We received a tip from the fine folks at BCR Yachts that
Sir Richard Branson has bought himself a
little Christmas present, the luxury catamaran, Lady Barbaretta.
Lady Barbaretta was built in April 2003 and is a 105-foot
all-carbon multi ...
Space Tourism News Update
Space tourism is getting
bigger and bigger. Space Adventures, which was the first company to run commercial orbital space flight,
has signed up with Prodea, a private investment firm that sponsored the Ansari X
prize, to develop a fleet of suborbital ...
Branson Plans A New Mexico Mansion
As we mentioned earlier this week, Sir Richard Branson is still big on
space flight and the latest news is that Branson may be moving to be near his heart's desire. That's right, the cheeky
Brit has been looking at land in Truth or Consequences, New ...
