Musk in Brownsville Texas
Posted by Staff Writer on 6/21/2020 to
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Musk in Texas
Gulf of Mexico to Become Launch Pad
IncSmart Texas (Small Business and Startups) - CEO Elon Musk will start making floating launch pads for the ocean. These floating spaceports will launch SpaceX to the Earth's moon and eventually Mars. Musk is also advancing hypersonic travel around the earth. The pads will be strategically placed 20 miles offshore.
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District of Columbia See Blue Moon
Posted by Staff Writer on 5/13/2019 to
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District of Columbia See Blue Moon
Bezos and Trump Lunar Plans
IncSmart District of Columbia (Small Business and Startups) - District of Columbia see's the Blue Moon project. Bezos says he is helping President Trump reach the goal of putting people back on the moon by 2024. The Blue Moon Lander is a vehicle to move people and products. There are also plans to launch in 2023 without people. The lander is owned by Blue Origin and is a hydrogen fueled rocket.
Virgin Galactic Passenger to Space from California
Posted by Staff Writer on 2/23/2019 to
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Virgin Galactic Passenger to Space from California
First Test Passenger in Space
IncSmart California (Small Business and Startups) - Virgin Galactic sends first test passenger into space from California. Private citizens are getting closer to space travel than ever before. The first test passenger was an astronaut trainer. The passenger ship was carried into the sky for an hour by another airplane before releasing the ship to continue on into space. The test conducted not only included the space vehicle, but the passenger experience. Virgin Galactic is pushing the envelope for tourism. Over 600 private citizens have already purchased tickets from Virgin.
Space Force Proposal for Colorado
Posted by Staff Writer on 12/22/2018 to
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Space Force Proposal for Colorado
Independent Department of Air Force
IncSmart Colorado (Small Business and Startups) - Space Force proposal set of Colorado, as Pentagon finalizes its requirements. The Space Force would be organized under the Department of the Air Force. This new organization would mirror the Marine Corps, which is independent but falls under the Department of the Navy. The proposal is a draft for creating the responsibilities of the Space Force. It will be the 6th Armed Force Department in the United States.
From California to Space on Virgin Galactic
Posted by Staff Writer on 12/13/2018 to
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From California to Space on Virgin Galactic
VSS Unity Test Flight Success
IncSmart California (Small Business and Startups) - From California to space, Virgin Galactic moves to the space travel business with VSS Unity. Virgin took it's recent test flight from the Mojave Desert in California, and reached the outer limit of the Earths atmosphere. It reached the altitude of 51 miles before gliding back to Earth. Commercial airlines fly 6 miles about the earth and the International Space Station flies 250 miles above the earth.
Hawaii to Construct Telescope
Posted by Staff Writer on 11/1/2018 to
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Hawaii to Construct Telescope
Worlds Largest Telescope on Mount Mauna Kea
IncSmart Hawaii (Small Business and Startups) - Hawaii to construct telescope on the Mauna Volcano, Hawaii's tallest mountain. The telescope is 30 meters (98 feet in diameter), the worlds largest. The 1.4 billion dollar project will be completed by 2029. The summit is above the clouds and has a clear view of the sky with little air and light pollution. The telescope company is made up of universities in California and Canada, with partners in China, India and Japan, making this an international effort. Mount Mauna Kea is considered the worlds tallest mountain. The project will be next to the worlds current largest telescope. The observatory area has 13 working telescopes operated by 11 different countries.
NASA Introduces Astronauts in Texas
Posted by Staff Writer on 8/4/2018 to
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NASA Introduces Astronauts in Texas
First Commercial Space Flights
IncSmart Texas (Small Business and Startups) - NASA introduces 9 new astronauts in Texas at the Johnson Space Center. They will be the first travelers to space since the shuttle was stopped in 2011. NASA is back, and strengthening our leadership in space along with the Trump Space Force.
Mojave Air and Space Port California
Posted by Staff Writer on 7/27/2018 to
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Mojave Air and Space Port California
VSS Unity Accomplishes Successful Test Flight
IncSmart California (Small Business and Startups) - VSS Unity Space Plane has successful test flight to the Mesosphere from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. The VSS Unity is Virgin Galactic's newest space plane. It has reached higher in the atmosphere than any other company has gone and created a new altitude record.
NASA Launches Rocket from Virginia
Posted by Staff Writer on 5/21/2018 to
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NASA Launches Rocket from Virginia
Orbital ATK Sends Supplies to the International Space Station
IncSmart Virginia (Small Business and Startups) - NASA launches Rocket from Wallops Flight Center in Virginia. One of NASA's space program contractors, Orbital ATK, has just launched supplies to the International Space Station. Orbital ATK was created from a merger with a former Honeywell defense business, with the company Orbital, former Harvard friends.
Arizona Company Plans Orbital Flights
Posted by Staff Writer on 12/7/2017 to
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Arizona Company Plans Orbital Flights
Vector Space to Build Small Rockets in Tucson
IncSmart Arizona (Small Business and Startups) -Vector Space Systems, an Arizona company, is going into orbital flights business. They just announced plans to build a bigger facility for it's new venture of small rockets and the new generation of smaller satellites. The newest generation of satellites are much smaller, about 1 square foot of space. The rocket, called Vector R, is 45 feet long and it's designed to boost a small satellite from the cone of the rocket into low Earth orbit. The launch fees will drop form $60 million to $1 million.
Boom Technology in Colorado
Posted by Staff Writer on 11/15/2017 to
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Boom Technology in Colorado
New York to London In 3 hours
IncSmart Colorado (Small Business and Startups) - Boom Technology in Colorado is introducing commercial flights on the full-sized 55 seat aircraft with the goal to make supersonic affordable flights for everyone. Flights should start by 2025. The cost will run same as flying business class in todays market. Boom's plane will reach the height of 60,000 feet, where passengers see the curvature of the earth. The speed of the new plane will be 2.6 times faster than other commercial planes. The reduced flight time from San Francisco to Tokyo will be 5 hours and from Los Angeles to Sydney, 6 hours.
NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida
Posted by Staff Writer on 7/9/2017 to
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NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida
NASA to refocus on Human Spaceflight
IncSmart Florida (Small Business and Startups) - Vice President Mike Pence issues statement that NASA will start to reorient the administration towards human spaceflight. Pence called it a new era of space leadership that will benefit every facet of America. He emphasized the return to the moon, and the first landing on Mars. NASA al so recognizes the importance of the private sector in space to help American gain leadership in space exploration. Since the end of the shuttle program in 2011, America has been dependent on Russia to fly astronauts to and from the space station. The spacer station flies 250 miles above Earth. NASA is moving crew ferry flights to SpaceX and Boeing before the end of 2018. Cape Canaveral on the Florida Space Coast is getting a huge investment.
Bezos to Build Rockets in Alabama
Posted by Staff Writer on 6/27/2017 to
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Bezos to Build Rockets in Alabama
Rocket Engine Factory in Huntsville
IncSmart Alabama (Small Business and Startups) - Rocket City Alabama. Bezos company, Blue Origin, to Build Rockets in Alabama. The plant will manufacture 30 BE-4 engines for Blue Origin’s new Glenn Rocket, near where Colorado based United Launch Alliance manufactures its rockets. This is another huge success for Huntsville. Companies that have promised investment includes Remington Arms and Polaris. The Blue Origin facility will be in Cummings Research Park. Cumming Research Park the second largest research park in the United States.
Alaska Aerospace Corp
Posted by Pat Turner on 6/3/2017 to
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Alaska Aerospace Corporation
The Pacific Spaceport Complex Aggressively Seeking Contracts
IncSmart Alaska (Small Business and Startups) - Alaska Aerospace Corporation has reopened the Pacific Spaceport Complex after a devastating launch failure in 2014. The extensive damage occurred during it's last launch. The Pacific Spaceport Complex formally know as the Kodiak Launch Complex, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Alaska Aerospace Corporation, and the Alaska Aerospace Corporation is a wholly owned by the state of Alaska. Alaska is expanding it's local industry to add to it's already profitable oil business. Pacific Spaceport is 250 air miles southwest of Anchorage in the Gulf of Alaska is located at Narrow Cape on Kodiak Island.