Apr 24th, 2011 at 4:00PM:
When the U.S. space shuttle program finally shuts down and the final launch is complete, space workers are going to need a job and they may not have to travel far to find one. Some may end up working in a related field, maybe building the next generation of flight vehicles with a private contractor. But for many workers at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, the future had been uncertain at best ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Space shuttle workers may have short trip to new jobs
Apr 24th, 2011 at 4:00PM:
When the U.S. space shuttle program finally shuts down and the final launch is complete, space workers are going to need a job and they may not have to travel far to find one. Some may end up working in a related field, maybe building the next generation of flight vehicles with a private contractor. But for many workers at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, the future had been uncertain at best ...Orion spacecraft key to future space travel
Mar 23rd, 2011 at 11:00AM:
Lockheed Martin's Orion space craft, designed to take astronauts to the moon, may first be used as an emergency escape vehicle for the international space station. By 2016, NASA wants to run multiple, deep-space missions to the moon and much farther destinations, making the Orion spacecraft key to future space travel.
"Orion was designed from inception to fly multiple, deep-space ...TripAlertz wants to send you to outer space ... for free
Mar 15th, 2011 at 5:15PM: TripAlertz, whose launch we covered for you earlier this year, is celebrating their official "grand launch" (what do you call an online grand opening, anyway?) with a chance to win an "Epic Journey into Space"!
You can lift-off with Colonel Rick Searfoss (retired), who is one of only seven astronauts with more than 50 flights in rocket-powered vehicles. The winner can even assign the trip, ...Virgin Galactic signs deal with scientists for space travel
Feb 28th, 2011 at 11:00AM: While NASA's Discovery made its final frontier into space on Friday, Virgin Galactic was inking its own space deal, this time substituting space tourists for scientists.
Southwest Research Institute, a nonprofit research organization, signed a deal with Virgin Galactic to conduct experiments in suborbital space. Two $200,000 tickets aboard the six-passenger SpaceShipTwo will be handed to ...NASA wants hypersonic plane, puts aside $15 million
Nov 5th, 2010 at 1:30PM: If NASA gets its way, layovers will become a thing of the past. It has plans in the works to develop hypersonic jets that would surpass the speed of sound by a factor of five. What's the implication? Well, you get on a plane in New York and get off in Sydney a mere two and a half hours later. That's a cut from the current flight duration of 21 hours, according to The Daily Mail. In addition to ...Space travel destination: Gliese 581g
Oct 1st, 2010 at 5:00PM: Okay, so the name isn't as sexy as "St. Tropez" or "Bora Bora." But, you have to admit that "Gliese 581g" does get your imagination going. Why is this such an inspiring destination? Well, it's the first potentially habitable planet that's been found! You'd actually have a shot at living there. So, as talk of space travel continues to gain momentum – regardless of how much it may remain in ...FAA seeks standards for space travel
Aug 23rd, 2010 at 2:30PM: The Federal Aviation Authority announced its intention to set standards for commercial space travel with the recent creation of the Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation. Based at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, the new center will build a brand new bureaucracy around the barely-there industry of space travel, starting with safety measures for potential passengers and ...Space tourism one step closer with Virgin Galactic's first manned flight
Jul 18th, 2010 at 9:00AM:
The VSS Enterprise, also known as SpaceShipTwo, has taken its first crewed flight. It stayed in the air for six hours attached to its mother ship, the VMS Eve. Two crew members stayed aboard and conducted systems tests. This is the latest aviation milestone in an active month that saw the first overnight flight by a solar airplane and the first unmanned solar plane to fly for a whole week.
...Space travel: closer than you think?
Mar 6th, 2010 at 3:15PM: We all know about the various parallel efforts pushing forth into space tourism -- Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin and SpaceX, to name a few, are developing multi-million dollar platforms to one day take the average civilian out into space. But we also know about the cost involved. Virgin Galactic has already taken hundreds of deposits at $200,000 each, a price that most people would find ...
NASA focused on commercial space travel
Aug 11th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Crossing oceans isn't enough for you? Well, NASA is working to scratch the most extreme of travel itches. The organization is putting $50 million of economic stimulus cash from the feds into putting the average traveler into space. Companies eager to develop a commercial space vehicle have 45 days to submit their proposals, and the winner will be announced by the end of September.
The program ...Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo is on the way
Jun 10th, 2008 at 2:30PM: On the far side of the air travel spectrum, where oil isn't an issue, flight attendants aren't cranky and passengers aren't grumbling about extra baggage fees, Virgin Galactic is hanging out alone in the space travel sector. Earlier this year, VG announced plans for its new aircraft, the White Knight Two that is being built by their partner, Scaled Composites, along with the release of a variety ...The commercial space race heats up
Mar 26th, 2008 at 3:00PM:
Remember Virgin Galactic? It's Richard Branson's pet project to create the first ever commercial service to fly passengers into a lower orbit, tool around in zero gravity for a little while and float back to the surface. They teamed up with Scaled Composites, the group who built the spacecraft that won the Ansari X prize, to create SpaceShipTwo, which by 2009 should soon be able to carry six ...GADLING TAKE FIVE: Week of October 6- 12
Oct 12th, 2007 at 3:15PM: Another week already? The weather shifts have me wondering what season we're in exactly. It was 93 degrees in Columbus on Monday. Today it's in the mid 50s and I've hauled out my jacket. Pumpkins started appearing at the local grocery stores and farmers markets a few weeks ago. At Gadling, you've probably noticed that Halloween posts are beginning to appear. Catherine, Kelly and Martha have their ...$30 Million Still Gets You to Space as a Tourist
Oct 4th, 2007 at 2:00PM: Today marks the 50th year anniversary of the day the space satellite Sputnik was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union. That day the space race was on.
These days, if you have the money to do it, it's not uncommon to travel to space on a private venture. That's what Richard Garriot is going to do next year. He'll be the 6th private citizen to have this ultimate get-a-away experience.
...Google Wants a Moon Rover Bad: More Private Space Travel to Follow?
Sep 15th, 2007 at 10:49AM: Fly me to the moon. If it's a robot you're talking about, you're on. Google has a grand plan. The company will pay 30 million dollars to the company that can make them a robotic moon rover, get it there, and get it to beam images and a video back to Earth so they can put it on their Web site. This endeavor is being run like a contest. Any private company in the world that can do this by the end of ...The Greatest and Most Unusual Travel Photo of All Time?
Jun 23rd, 2007 at 3:03PM: I stumbled over this image just now, and it took my breath away. Everything about the image is just so amazing: The poof-y shapes of the clouds in the background... The electric blue line that marks the boundary of the atmosphere... The absolute void of color that is space juxtaposed against the brilliant white space suit... The fact that you can see the photographer's reflection in the mask of ...Win A Trip To Space!
Feb 2nd, 2007 at 4:40PM: I'm gonna be honest: thinking about traveling to space doesn't get me fired up. I mean, there's nothing there to see or do or eat. There aren't any people to talk to. I guess I could take some cool pictures, and learning how a spaceship works might be cool. But...I think I'll stick to Earth. If you have a different take on space travel than me -- and you're an "ordinary resident" in the UK -- this ...First Pakistani Woman to Tour Space
Nov 28th, 2006 at 5:26PM: Namira Salim is not an astronaut. She does music, art, sculpture and is a peace activist, but among all this she will become the first Pakistani woman to tour outer space. In 2008 she will set out with Virgin Galactic (sister company to Virgin Atlantic) as one of the good will ambassadors for the company. The lucky woman was chosen as a member of Virgin Galactic Founders Club out of some 40,000 ...Space Tourism Training
Apr 8th, 2006 at 1:58PM: If you thought
the 840-something vaccinations needed to go certain places in Asia and Africa was outrageous enough to keep you from
ever stepping foot on either continent or far too draining to endure before reaching the final destination imagine the
training involved before going into orbit. Seems many of you are rather excited and hopeful about touring the galaxy
one day when, say ...
