| 2005 Dec 15 |
CBS News / Spaceflight Now:
Shuttle Leaders Decide to Remove Fuel Tank Foam Ramps |
| 2005 Nov 22 |
CBS News / Spaceflight Now:
Cause of Discovery Fuel Tank Foam Loss Still Unresolved |
| 2005 Nov 18 |
NASA:
NASA and the Business of Space |
| 2005 Nov 18 |
Orbital Sciences Corporation:
Orbital Successfully Launches Medium-Range Target for Missile Defense Test |
| 2005 Nov 18 |
Applied Physics Lab / Johns Hopkins University:
APL Provides a Unique View of Successful Intercept Test |
| 2005 Nov 18 |
Lockheed Martin Corporation:
Lockheed Martin Team Launches Target Missile for Aegis Test |
| 2005 Nov 10 |
NASA:
Go for Launch! |
| 2005 Nov 2 |
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA):
NASA's Michoud Plant Back in Business |
| 2005 Nov 2 |
Forbes:
Why We Need Goofy Contests |
| 2005 Oct 14 |
CBS News / Spaceflight Now:
NASA Hopeful Tests Can Pave Way to May Shuttle Launch |
| 2005 Oct 12 |
Space Adventures:
Space Adventures' CEO, Eric Anderson, Authors The Space Tourist's Handbook |
| 2005 Oct 11 |
Gulf Times (Qatar):
Animator Sees Mars in Dunes of Qatar |
| 2005 Oct 11 |
Commercial Space Watch:
Space Adventures' Client, Greg Olsen, Returns to Earth After Visiting the International Space Station |
| 2005 Oct 6 |
USA Today:
Space Growing More Tourist-Friendly |
| 2005 Oct 6 |
MSNBC:
X Prize Veterans Work on Next Space Steps |
| 2005 Oct 5 |
MSNBC:
Space Travel Firm Plans Its Next Giant Leaps —
With Third Client Now In Orbit, Space Adventures Looks Beyond Space Station |
| 2005 Oct 5 |
Space.com:
NASA Official Offers Shuttle Foam Loss Theory |
| 2005 Oct 5 |
BBC:
SpaceShipOne Goes on Show in US [at National Air and Space Museum] |
| 2005 Oct 4 |
USA Today:
Why the U.S. Should Return to the Moon and Venture on to Mars [Interview with Mike Griffin] |
| 2005 Oct 4 |
Space Daily:
Space Trek Is a Dream Come True: US Space Tourist |
| 2005 Oct 3 |
New Scientist:
NASA Prepares to Scrutinise Shuttle Fuel Tank |
| 2005 Oct 3 |
Space.com:
Third Space Tourist, Expedition 12 Crew Dock at Space Station |
| 2005 Oct 1 |
Space Adventures:
Greg Olsen Successfully Launches to the International Space Station |
| 2005 Sep 30 |
Flight International:
Final Countdown: A Maximum of 19 Shuttle Flights Left |
| 2005 Sep 27 |
NASA:
NASA Ships Shuttle Fuel Tank to New Orleans for Modification |
| 2005 Sep 27 |
Florida Today:
Michoud External Tank Plant Reopens |
| 2005 Sep 26 |
Advanced Imaging Magazine:
Imaging and The Discovery Shuttle |
| 2005 Sep 23 |
Arizona Republic:
Rocket Blast Wows Valley Observers |
| 2005 Sep 23 |
Lompoc (CA) Record:
Minotaur Paints the Night Sky |
| 2005 Sep 23 |
Spaceflight Now:
Rocket Launch Paints Sky With Breath-taking Scene |
| 2005 Sep 22 |
Spaceflight Now:
California Launch Could Produce Dazzling Sky Show |
| 2005 Sep 19 |
The Space Review:
Smallsats and Standardization |
| 2005 Sep 16 |
NASA:
NASA Planning to Resume Work at Michoud Assembly Facility |
| 2005 Sep 8 |
Spaceflight Now:
Tank Changes, Hurricane Put Shuttle Schedule in Limbo |
| 2005 Sep 8 |
Space.com:
NASA Memo: Shuttle Flight Delay to Fall 2006 Possible |
| 2005 Sep 2 |
Space.com:
NASA Facility Struggles in Wake of Hurricane Katrina |
| 2005 Aug 31 |
The Register:
Vint Cerf on the InterPlanet |
| 2005 Aug 23 |
Flight International:
SpaceShipThree Poised to Follow If SS2 Succeeds |
| 2005 Aug 23 |
IEEE Spectrum:
The Interplanetary Internet: NASA Researchers Quarrel Over How to Network Outer Space |
| 2005 Aug 22 |
The Space Review:
Russia, Space Tourism, and Exploration |
| 2005 Aug 19 |
The Independent:
Space Tourism: Ground Control to Major Fun |
| 2005 Aug 18 |
Spaceflight Now:
Next Shuttle Launch: March 2006 |
| 2005 Aug 17 |
NASA:
Space Shuttle Internet Interest Reaches New Heights |
| 2005 Aug 15 |
Business Week Online:
Billionaires Blasting Off |
| 2005 Aug 14 |
Newsweek (Aug 22 issue):
The Last Word: Eric Anderson — Fly You to The Moon |
| 2005 Aug 12 |
Space News:
Cameras Are Crucial to New Shuttle Safety Efforts |
| 2005 Aug 12 |
Spaceflight Now:
September Launch All But Ruled Out |
| 2005 Aug 11 |
The Economist:
Sinatra, Eat Your Heart Out: Got $100m? Then an American Firm Can Fly You to the Moon |
| 2005 Aug 11 |
CNN:
Fly You to the Moon? $100m Please |
| 2005 Aug 11 |
Astrobiology Magazine:
A Comet's Only Cameraman: Interview With Dan Maas |
| 2005 Aug 10 |
National Geographic News:
$100 Million Moon Trip: Space Tourism's Hot Ticket? |
| 2005 Aug 10 |
BBC News:
Moon Orbit Trip Set for Lift-Off |
| 2005 Aug 10 |
Space Adventures:
Space Adventures Offers Private Voyage to the Moon |
| 2005 Aug 9 |
Spaceflight Now:
Discovery Lands! |
| 2005 Aug 4 |
Slashdot:
Shuttle Launches Are Easier to Fake Than Moon Landings |
| 2005 Aug 3 |
Las Vegas City Life:
Las Vegas Space Conference Attendees Explore Lunar Manifest Destiny |
| 2005 Aug 3 |
Houston Chronicle:
Cameras and Can-Do: Discovery Flight Inaugurates a Welcome Openness by NASA Administrators and Flight Managers |
| 2005 Jul 30 |
Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation:
STS-114 RocketCam Highlights (With Slow-Motion Clip of Foam Shedding Event) |
| 2005 Jul 30 |
Houston Chronicle:
Makers of Shuttle Fuel Tanks Shaken by Latest Foam Failure |
| 2005 Jul 29 |
CBS News / Spaceflight Now:
Griffin Doesn't Rule Out Quick Resumption of Flights |
| 2005 Jul 29 |
Florida Today:
NASA Boss: Fast Foam Fix Is Possible — Griffin Does Not Rule Out Another Launch Try This Year |
| 2005 Jul 29 |
Florida Today:
Photography Stuns NASA — New Imagery Gives Detailed Look at Shuttle, Delicate Heat Tiles |
| 2005 Jul 28 |
Bloomberg:
Discovery Docks at Space Station After NASA Grounds Shuttles |
| 2005 Jul 28 |
CBS News / Spaceflight Now:
Timing of Fuel Tank Foam Loss Saved Discovery From Big Hit |
| 2005 Jul 28 |
MSNBC:
New Images Offer Wealth of Shuttle Insight |
| 2005 Jul 28 |
Washington Post:
Despite Efforts, Debris Is Still an Issue — Cameras Caught Failure of Numerous Tests to Prevent Foam Shedding |
| 2005 Jul 27 |
Space Adventures:
Space Adventures' Orbital Spaceflight Candidate, Greg Olsen, Confirmed to the Soyuz TMA-7 Crew |
| 2005 Jul 27 |
Spaceflight Now:
Foam Loss Grounds Shuttle Fleet Again |
| 2005 Jul 27 |
NASA:
Statement by NASA Administrator on Foam-Shedding From Space Shuttle External Tank |
| 2005 Jul 27 |
BBC:
NASA Grounds Space Shuttle Fleet |
| 2005 Jul 27 |
Media Week:
Yahoo! Shuttle Webcast Breaks Record |
| 2005 Jul 27 |
NASA:
NASA Sets Agency Online Web Stream Record During Shuttle Launch |
| 2005 Jul 27 |
Experimental Aircraft Association:
SpaceShipOne Team Makes Triumphant Arrival at AirVenture |
| 2005 Jul 27 |
New Scientist:
NASA Investigates Shuttle Debris Incidents |
| 2005 Jul 27 |
AP:
Camera Gives Never-Seen View Of Launch —
Debris Flies Off External Tank |
| 2005 Jul 27 |
CNN:
Astronauts to Give Shuttle a Look —
NASA Examining Video of Debris Spotted During Liftoff |
| 2005 Jul 27 |
Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites:
Branson and Rutan Form The Spaceship Company to Jointly Manufacture and Market Spaceships for the New Sub-Orbital Personal Spaceflight Industry |
| 2005 Jul 27 |
Houston Chronicle:
TV Networks Keep All Eyes on Takeoff — Launch Coverage is Anything But Routine as Shuttle Saturates Airwaves |
| 2005 Jul 27 |
Houston Chronicle:
Pictures, Videos of Liftoff Thrill NASA |
| 2005 Jul 27 |
Florida Today:
Cameras Snap Shots of Debris; Threat Unknown |
| 2005 Jul 27 |
CBS News / Spaceflight Now:
Sensor Boom to Scan Shuttle During Inspections Today |
| 2005 Jul 26 |
BBC:
NASA Looks Into Shuttle Debris |
| 2005 Jul 26 |
Spaceflight Now:
Launch Debris Images |
| 2005 Jul 26 |
Washington Post / AP:
NASA Studies Debris Recorded During Launch |
| 2005 Jul 26 |
CBS News / Spaceflight Now:
NASA Studying Chipped Tile, Debris From Fuel Tank |
| 2005 Jul 26 |
Bloomberg:
NASA's Discovery Launches on First Shuttle Mission in Two Years |
| 2005 Jul 25 |
The Space Review:
A Vision For Commercialization |
| 2005 Jul 24 |
Spaceflight Now:
Count Proceeding Smoothly |
| 2005 Jul 23 |
Spaceflight Now:
Fuel Sensor Glitch a Mystery as Countdown Begins |
| 2005 Jul 21 |
Christian Science Monitor:
Beyond NASA: The Push to Privatize Spaceflight |
| 2005 Jul 20 |
Spaceflight Now:
NASA Plans Tuesday Launch Pending Final Test Results |
| 2005 Jul 18 |
Space Adventures:
Governor Bush and Space Adventures Announce the Opening of a Suborbital Vehicle and Spaceport Development Office |
| 2005 Jul 17 |
Pasadena Star-News:
Private Space Missions Weighed |
| 2005 Jul 13 |
CNN Money:
New Space Race for Tourists |
| 2005 Jul 13 |
CNN:
Shuttle Launch Called Off — Fuel Sensor Delays Discovery's Liftoff |
| 2005 Jul 13 |
MSNBC:
NASA Calls Off Shuttle Launch — Faulty Fuel Tank Sensor, Not Weather, Causes Postponement |
| 2005 Jul 13 |
Pasadena Star-News:
RocketCam Ready for NASA Launch |
| 2005 Jul 13 |
Los Angeles Times:
Tiny Camera to Give Close-Up of Big Liftoff |
| 2005 Jul 11 |
Space.com:
An Agency in Transition: In First 3 Months New Administrator Starts Major Overhaul at NASA |
| 2005 Jul 10 |
Space.com:
Launch Countdown Begins for Space Shuttle Discovery |
| 2005 Jul 10 |
Florida Today:
The Bright Man for NASA — Griffin Uses Mastery of Science, Politics |
| 2005 Jul 8 |
MSNBC:
Rocket Lineup Revealed for X Prize Cup |
| 2005 Jul 8 |
Space Frontier Foundation:
Commerical Space Sector Uses Las Vegas Conference to "Call" NASA Leaders on True Earth-to-Moon Business Oportunities |
| 2005 Jul 8 |
Cornell University:
Cornell Alumnus Dan Maas '01 Earns Emmy Nomination for Realistic Mars Rover Animation |
| 2005 Jul 7 |
AP:
U.S. Millionaire to Be Next Space Tourist |
| 2005 Jul 6 |
New Scientist:
Shuttle Return to Flight: The Most Closely Watched in History |
| 2005 Jul 4 |
Los Angeles Times:
NASA Readies for Launch — and Holds Its Breath |
| 2005 Jul 1 |
Spaceflight Now:
It's Official: Discovery Launch Set for July 13 |
| 2005 Jun 30 |
Internet Broadcasting:
Discovery Will Be Most Photographed Launch Ever — Cameras On Shuttle Will Take High-Quality Pictures From Every Angle |
| 2005 Jun 30 |
NASA:
NASA Gives Go for Space Shuttle Return to Flight |
| 2005 Jun 29 |
Business Week (July 4 edition):
Vint Cerf: Next Stop, Mars — The Internet Pioneer is Working on Interplanetary Communication |
| 2005 Jun 26 |
Aviation Week and Space Technology:
Hats Off To NASA's Griffin On Commercial Space, But Push Harder |
| 2005 Jun 26 |
Parade Magazine:
Take a Ride in Space |
| 2005 Jun 23 |
Wired News:
Reality of Cosmos 1 Loss Sets In |
| 2005 Jun 22 |
World Talk Radio:
Science and Society Interview with Ecliptic CEO Rex Ridenoure |
| 2005 Jun 21 |
Cornell University:
Cornell Grad Dan Maas Creates Deep Impact Animations for NASA |
| 2005 Jun 21 |
Spaceflight Now:
Success of Solar Sail Launch Unknown |
| 2005 Jun 21 |
Space.com:
Rutan's White Knight Carries X-37 Space Plane Aloft |
| 2005 Jun 21 |
Space.com:
Suborbital Dreams: One Year After SpaceShipOne's Historic Flight |
| 2005 Jun 21 |
Spaceflight Now:
Pioneering Solar Sail Experiment Launches Today |
| 2005 Jun 20 |
TVB (Television Broadcast) — 2-Minute Drill:
HDMAX to Support Shuttle Tile Inspection from International Space Station |
| 2005 Jun 20 |
MSNBC:
Solar-Sail Mission Reflects Past and Future |
| 2005 Jun 19 |
Pasadena Star-News:
Setting Sail in Space: Cosmos 1, Privately Funded Project, Will Attempt to Harness Sun's Rays |
| 2005 Jun 17 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (from Wall Street Journal):
Mission to Launch Spaceship that Uses Solar Sails |
| 2005 Jun 16 |
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation:
Balloon-borne Telescope Touches Down Successfully in Arctic |
| 2005 Jun 16 |
Spaceflight Now:
Shuttle Discovery Moves Back to Launch Pad |
| 2005 Jun 16 |
Wired News:
Cosmos 1 Set to Test Solar Sail |
| 2005 Jun 16 |
USA Today:
Private Sector Enticing Public into Final Frontier |
| 2005 Jun 13 |
South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
Super Camera Developed at FAU to Get a Shot at Space |
| 2005 Jun 12 |
ABC News / AP:
NASA Sends Up Balloon Carrying Telescope |
| 2005 May 31 |
CNN.com:
White Knight Prepares for New Mission |
| 2005 May 30 |
AVweb:
Rutan, NASA Collaborate On Space Plane Test |
| 2005 May 25 |
ABC News:
Entrepreneur's Trip to Space Back On |
| 2005 May 21 |
Thermoteknix Systems Ltd.:
Thermoteknix in the Fast Lane for the Indianapolis 500 |
| 2005 May 11 |
Space Adventures:
Space Adventures Opens Tokyo Office in Response to Overwhelming Interest in Commercial Space Travel |
| 2005 May 10 |
Los Angeles Daily News:
Rutan to Test Boeing X-37 |
| 2005 May 9 |
Pasadena Entretec:
Pasadena Entretec Brings DesignTech Connect to Business Community With Partners Caltech, Idealab!, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Art Center College of Design, May 12-13, 2005 |
| 2005 Apr 29 |
Discovery. com:
NASA to Plan Hubble Servicing |
| 2005 Apr 29 |
Forbes (2005 May 9 edition):
Mavericks: Space Cowboy |
| 2005 Apr 29 |
AP:
NASA Delays Post-Columbia Flight Again |
| 2005 Apr 26 |
Spaceflight Now:
Salute to Titan (for Spaceflight Now+Plus subscribers) |
| 2005 Apr 26 |
Space Adventures:
Space Adventures Offers Ecliptic's RocketCam™ for Private Spaceflights |
| 2005 Apr 22 |
Space.com:
Fender Bender: NASA's DART Spacecraft Bumped Into Target Satellite
|
| 2005 Apr 20 |
MSNBC:
NASA Delays Shuttle Launch |
| 2005 Apr 20 |
Reuters:
Space Flight Not Just Billionaire Joy Ride, Rutan Says |
| 2005 Apr 18 |
Orbital Sciences Corporation:
Orbital Issues DART Mission Recap |
| 2005 Apr 16 |
Spaceflight Now:
NASA Autopilot Test Suffers Crippling Flaw |
| 2005 Apr 16 |
NASA:
On-Orbit Anomaly Ends DART Mission Early |
| 2005 Apr 15 |
NASA:
NASA Launches DART Spacecraft to Demonstrate Automated Rendezvous Capability |
| 2005 Apr 15 |
Discovery.com:
NASA Satellite Tests Auto-Piloting |
| 2005 Apr 15 |
ABC News:
NASA Launches Robotic Test Craft |
| 2005 Apr 14 |
Space.com:
NASA Again Poised to Launch Autonomous DART Spacecraft |
| 2005 Apr 13 |
NASA:
Dr. Michael D. Griffin To Become NASA Administrator |
| 2005 Apr 13 |
Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation:
Black Sky Documentary on SpaceShipOne Featuring RocketCam™ Content Wins 2004 Peabody Award |
| 2005 Apr 13 |
Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation:
First Ecliptic RocketCam™ on a Spacecraft to Launch April 15 |
| 2005 Apr 12 |
Vulcan Productions and Discovery Communications Inc.:
Vulcan Productions Wins First Peabody Award; Produced with Discovery Channel, 'Black Sky: The Race for Space' Chronicles Successful X-Prize Attempt and the Allen/Rutan Partnership |
| 2005 Apr 12 |
SpaceRef.com:
Prepared Statement of NASA Administrator Nominee Michael Griffin |
| 2005 Apr 12 |
Florida Today:
NASA Nominee to Face Congress — Griffin Expected to be Confirmed |
| 2005 Apr 5 |
NASA:
NASA's Mike Butler Maintains Bird's Eye View of Shuttle External Tank |
| 2005 Apr 1 |
ABC News:
NASA Schedules Robotic Spacecraft Launch |
| 2005 Mar 31 |
Reason:
Interview With Burt Rutan |
| 2005 Mar 22 |
MSNBC:
Spaceflight Industry Ready for Takeoff |
| 2005 Mar 20 |
SpaceRef.com:
Remarks at the funeral of NASA's Get Away Special Program — An open letter to Dr. Michael Griffin |
| 2005 Mar 20 |
Aviation Week & Space Technology:
Griffin Faces a Tough Job at NASA |
| 2005 Mar 14 |
The Space Review:
Getting to Know Michael Griffin |
| 2005 Mar 11 |
Space Today:
[Ex-Ecliptic Board Member] Griffin to be New NASA Administrator |
| 2005 Mar 11 |
Inmarsat:
First Next-Generation Inmarsat-4 Satellite Launches Successfully on an Atlas V From Cape Canaveral, Florida |
| 2005 Mar 11 |
International Launch Services:
ILS Atlas V Vehicle Lifts Massive Satellite For Inmarsat |
| 2005 Mar 11 |
Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation:
34th RocketCam™ Success With Today's Atlas 5 Launch |
| 2005 Mar 9 |
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum:
Rutan, Allen and SpaceShipOne Team, and Piasecki are Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Trophy Winners |
| 2005 Mar 9 |
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum:
National Air and Space Museum to Acquire SpaceShipOne, First Successful Privately Built Spacecraft |
| 2005 Mar 4 |
NASA:
Space Shuttle's Second Redesigned External Tank to Ship from Michoud |
| 2005 Mar 4 |
International Launch Services:
ILS to Launch Inmarsat Satellite on Atlas V |
| 2005 Feb 27 |
Los Angeles Daily News:
SpaceShipOne to Go to Smithsonian |
| 2005 Feb 23 |
Northwestern (Oshkosh, WI):
SpaceShipOne Coming to AirVenture |
| 2005 Feb 18 |
Spaceflight Now:
Space Shuttle Program Poised For Return in May |
| 2005 Feb 17 |
NASA:
NASA Solid Rocket Motor Test is Success |
| 2005 Feb 17 |
ATK Thiokol:
ATK Successfully Tests Full-Scale Space Shuttle Motor |
| 2005 Feb 16 |
Nature:
Space Technology: Setting Sail For History |
| 2005 Feb 14 |
Spaceflight Now:
Ambitious Solar Sail Could Launch This Spring |
| 2005 Feb 9 |
National Aeronautic Association:
SpaceShipOne Takes 2004 Collier Trophy |
| 2005 Feb 8 |
MSNBC:
Space Racers Unite in Federation — Industry Group Will Follow Up on New Law |
| 2005 Feb 4 |
Volvo Cars of North America:
Volvo and Virgin Galactic Team Up in Space |
| 2005 Feb 3 |
Spaceflight Now:
Last Atlas 3 Rocket Launches a Pair of Spy Satellites |
| 2005 Jan 28 |
NASA:
NASA Research Balloon Makes Record-Breaking Flight |
| 2005 Jan 26 |
Astronomy Picture of the Day:
First Launch of the Delta IV Heavy |
| 2005 Jan 3 |
Spaceflight Now:
Mars Rovers Still Going Strong After a Year of Exploring |
| 2005 Jan 3 |
JPL:
NASA Rovers' Adventures on Mars Continue |
| 2005 Jan 2 |
Florida Today:
Mars Rovers Mark Year of Discovery — Ten Lessons We Learned From the Missions |
| 2005 Jan 1 |
Inc. Magazine:
Burt Rutan: Entrepreneur of the Year |
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