SAN FRANCISCO — The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) announced plans Oct. 28 to work with Estée Lauder, the skincare and makeup brand, to solicit microgravity projects aimed at reducing plastic waste. Through the ISS National Lab Sustainability Challenge: Beyond Plastics, CASIS is looking for applied […]
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WASHINGTON — A White House document has included low Earth orbit research “on new platforms” as a research and development priority for the administration as NASA struggles to win congressional support for its LEO commercialization initiative. The White House Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Science and […]
WASHINGTON — NASA is taking the first steps in a process that could lead to astronauts and other agency personnel flying on commercial suborbital vehicles by establishing a program office and seeking input from industry. NASA announced June 23 it has created an office with the commercial crew program, called […]
HELSINKI — China’s main space contractor is aiming to carry out more than 40 launches in 2020, including lunar, interplanetary and space infrastructure missions. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), stated Jan. 2 (Chinese) that its major goals include completing the Beidou navigation satellite system, launching missions to […]
For decades, the space community has sought the “killer app” for microgravity research: the project that, once and for all, will demonstrate work that can only be done in space and has tremendous value on Earth that is enough to sustain investment in the field. So far, that search has […]
WASHINGTON — The chief executive of Blue Origin said Oct. 2 it was increasingly unlikely the company would start flying people on its New Shepard suborbital vehicle by the end of this year as it ensures the vehicle is safe enough. In an on-stage interview at the TechCrunch Disrupt SF […]
This op-ed originally appeared in the May 20, 2019 issue of SpaceNews magazine. Few terms in space policy — save maybe “commercial” and “innovation” — are used with quite so much zest and abandon as the term “FFRDC,” or Federally Funded Research and Development Center. An FFRDC is a specific […]
WASHINGTON — Blue Origin successfully launched its New Shepard suborbital vehicle on its latest test flight May 2, a flight that the company says brings it one step closer to flying humans later this year. The New Shepard vehicle lifted off on the NS-11 mission at approximately 9:35 a.m. Eastern […]