by National Space Society | Sep 15, 2021 | Commercial Space, NSS Press Releases
First All-Civilian Orbital Flight is a Milestone This week marks the launch of the first all-civilian orbital spaceflight, Inspiration4, aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. “The flight of Inspiration4 is one of many firsts,” said Michelle Hanlon, president of the...
by National Space Society | Jul 20, 2021 | Commercial Space, NSS Press Releases
Well-Tested Suborbital Tourist Rocket Soars to 63 Miles After years of development and 15 prior test flights, Jeff Bezos has taken the journey of a lifetime into space. With him were his brother Mark; Oliver Daemon, who replaces the original high bidder for a flight...
by National Space Society | Jul 18, 2021 | Commercial Space, Event, National Space Society
You are Invited to a National Space Society Space Forum Thursday, July 22, 2021, 9:00 pm EDT to 10:15 pm EDT Rocket Summer: The Adventures of Blue Origin, SpaceX, and Virgin Galactic Register for the Space Forum It’s rocket summer! There has never been a...
by National Space Society | Jul 12, 2021 | Commercial Space, Space Tourism
This fourth test spaceflight was the first fully crewed By Bob Brodbeck Realizing a boyhood dream, Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic, rocketed to space yesterday morning, Sunday July 11, on board the company’s spaceplane VSS (Virgin SpaceShip) Unity....
by National Space Society | Jul 11, 2021 | Commercial Space, NSS Press Releases
This Flight Is One Step Toward Opening Space to All Humanity On Sunday, July 11, Virgin Galactic launched the first operational passenger flight of their VSS Unity rocketplane. Departing from the New Mexico’s Spaceport America shortly before 9 a.m. local time, Unity...
by National Space Society | May 24, 2021 | Commercial Space, Space Development, Space Tourism
Flight is first spaceflight from Spaceport America, New Mexico By Bob Brodbeck Image: Cabin interior with passenger seats rotated back in space (courtesy of Virgin Galactic). After an extended pause Virgin Galactic (VG) successfully resumed suborbital flights to space...
by National Space Society | May 9, 2021 | Commercial Space, Space Development
By Dale Skran On May 9th at 2:42 AM a Falcon 9 roared skyward lofting another 60 Starlink satellites to orbit. Ho-hum! That’s the 11th Starlink launch on a Falcon 9 in 2021 so far, so what’s the big deal? SpaceX has been re-using F9 first stages for a long time. Take...
by National Space Society | May 6, 2021 | Commercial Space, NSS Press Releases
SpaceX’s Starship Breaks Another Record, Reaching all Milestones and Landing Safely Image: Starship SN15 after landing (SpaceX) On Wednesday May 5 at 6:24 pm Eastern Time, SpaceX’s Starship Serial Number 15 (SN15) lifted off from the company’s test facility in Boca...
