13 December 2019
Starliner spacecraft could fly as early as next week
... will carry a crew of only four or five along with time-critical scientific research. Phil McAlister, director of commercial spaceflight development at NASA, said there was still some “standard open work” to complete and a couple of "technical issues...
05 March 2020
50th Anniversary of Black Arrow's first successful rocket launch
...an opportunity for Skyrora and the UK to thrive in this commercial space age." Emma Floyd, director of commercial spaceflight at the UK Space Agency said: “Our aim is to establish commercial vertical and horizontal satellite launch from UK spaceports...
10 January 2023
Virgin Orbit fails to deliver on first launch from UK
... after a failed launch last month. Matt Archer, director of commercial spaceflight at the UK Space Agency (UKSA), said he was hugely ... international launch for Virgin Orbit, and the first commercial launch from western Europe. The idea of releasing ...
16 April 2024
An Introduction to the Spaceport Industry
... to Space”, many budding spaceports are sited where long runways already exist, on the assumption that future commercial spaceflight will be based on vehicles capable of horizontal take-off and landing. However, many other planned spaceports are...
July 2020
The four horsemen of space finance
... the author Dylan Taylor is an investor and thought leader in the space industry. He is the 2020 winner of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation’s top award for Business and Finance following in the footsteps of the award’s inaugural winner, the...
22 December 2015
Falcon 9 Launches Successfully
... mishap, reminds us of this industry’s best qualities: agility, innovation and perseverance,” said Eric Stallmer, president of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, in a Dec. 21 statement.
