by David Todd | Jan 9, 2014 | commercial launch services, ESA, International Space Station, Personal spaceflight, Space Shuttle, space station
While the International Space Station was originally set to retire in 2015, a retirement which was then deferred to 2020, NASA has just got permission from the Obama Administration to agree with its other national/pan-national users including Roscosmos, ESA, JAXA and...
by David Todd | Dec 17, 2013 | Commercial human spaceflight, NASA, Personal spaceflight, Space Shuttle
Sierra Nevada has announced that the company has successfully completed all milestones under NASA’s Commercial Crew Development 2 (CCDev2) phase. Milestones achieved include a systems requirement review, flight simulator development, creation of a vehicle avionics...
by David Todd | Dec 11, 2013 | exploration, Personal spaceflight, Satellites, Space tourism, Technology
The plan to start a colony on the planet Mars, funded by reality television, had a filip in December when the Mars One not-for-profit organisation involved announced that it had signed design contracts with two major space companies. A $250,000 mission concept study...
by David Todd | Nov 27, 2013 | commercial launch services, NASA, Personal spaceflight, Seradata News
The mysterious departure via resignation of NASA’s Head of Commercial Crew Programme, Ed Mango, last month has now been explained. He has been charged with a Federal offence of funding, via loans, the legal costs of a colleague, believed to be Candrea Thomas, a...
by David Todd | Oct 29, 2013 | Commercial human spaceflight, NASA, Personal spaceflight, Technology
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kovJUvkO55E[/youtube] In a telephone press conference, Mark Sirangelo, corporate vice president for Sierra Nevada’s space systems division confirmed that the Dream Chaser aerodynamic prototype (officially known as the...
by David Todd | Oct 28, 2013 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, Personal spaceflight, Space Shuttle, Technology
The Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser, one of the commercial spacecraft hoping to be used to provide regular transportation services to NASA astronauts has had its first glide test after being airdropped from a helicopter – and crashed on landing. The pilotless test...
