I wanted to pass along some personal news: I’ve taken a position starting today with SpaceNews, as a senior writer there. I’ll be writing there on a lot about what you’ve seen here and else...
SpaceShipTwo approaches the runway at Mojave Air and Space Port in California after its most recent test flight on August 28, 2014. (credit: Jason DiVenere/Scaled Composites) Virgin Galactic fl...
A Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on August 5, carrying the AsiaSat 8 satellite. Another Falcon 9 launch of an AsiaSat satellite, planned for after midnight on Wednes...
http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/08/26/spacex-postpones-next-falcon-9-to-review-vehicle-data/
A frame from a video aired by a local TV station showing the destruction of SpaceX’s F9R test vehicle after it suffered an in-flight anomaly on August 22, 2014. (credit: KWTX-TV) An experimen...
http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/08/23/falcon-9-test-vehicle-destroyed-in-accident/
Boeing’s CST-100 commercial crew spacecraft approaches the International Space Station in this illustration. (credit: Boeing) Today was rumored to be one of the days that NASA would announce ...
An illustration of Northrop Grumman’s XS-1 concept. (credit: Northrop Grumman) More than a month after DARPA formally announced the winners of Phase 1 contracts for its Experimental Spaceplan...
http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/08/20/northrop-grumman-finally-reveals-its-xs-1-design/
Uwingu, the company that has previously given people the opportunity to name extrasolar planets and Martian craters, is now starting a new project. The company announced yesterday its “Beam Me ...
http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/08/20/uwingu-offers-you-a-chance-to-beam-your-message-to-mars/
Update 8/20 7am: SpaceX late yesterday denied the TechCrunch report that it’s raising $200 million at a valuation of up to $10 billion. “SpaceX is not currently raising any funding, nor has a...
http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/08/19/report-claims-spacex-raising-more-outside-funding/
SpaceShipTwo fires its hybrid rocket engine during its third powered test flight on January 10, 2014. The next powered test flight, using a new hybrid rocket motor, may take place within weeks. (...
A 2012 photo of the hangar at Midland International Airport being renovated for XCOR. That renovation, first announced in July 2012, officially gets underway today. (credit: XCOR Aerospace) XCO...
http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/08/15/xcor-breaks-down-a-wall-in-its-path-to-midland/