Category Archives: NewSpace

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 14-17 August 2015

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New Worlds Institute (NWI) Holding Inaugural Space Conference 16-17 October

8152015Comprehensive Gathering Of Organizations, Institutes & Science Leaders With Focus On Human Space Settlement To Be Held By NWI 16-17 Oct In Austin TX; Will Emphasize Return To Moon, Mars Settlement & Colonies In Free Space; NWI Chairman Of The Board & Co-Founder Of Space Frontier Foundation Rick Tumlinson Serving As Conference Host States NWI “Goal Is To Plant The Seeds Of A New And Dynamic Space Culture”; Tumlinson Named One Of World’s Top “Space Visionaries”

Credit: NASA, NWI, Palmer Events

Wednesday / 12 August 2015

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Aiming For The Moon With Aloha:
President Obama On GLXP Astrobotic;
Moon RIDERS Continues Project Testing

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Hawai`i-Born Barack Obama Speaks About Astrobotic Moon Goals, Americans Being Those Who “Explore Next Frontiers… Pioneers With A Vision For Tomorrow, Whether It’s Lewis & Clark, Sally Ride… They’re The Driving Force In A 21st Century Economy”; Hawaii Moon RIDERS (Research Investigating Dust Expulsion Removal Systems) Partnering Hawaii Schools, PISCES, NASA KSC & Undisclosed GLXP Team, Testing Electrodynamic Dust Shield Experiment At Hawaii Island Moon Analog Site Mauna Kea In Preparation For Late 2016 Launch

Credit: GLXP, PISCES, Moon RIDERS, NASA, Gig Greenwood, `Iolani, Robin Bourne, Astrobotic

Friday / 31 July 2015

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Moon Express & Astrobotic Testing Landers / Developing Flight Software

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Moon Express (ME) Continuing Flight Testing Of MTV-1A Lunar Lander (Successor Of MTV-1X) At Kennedy Space Center ‘Moonscape’ Test Range, Final Version Will Land On Moon & Hop 500 Meters, ME GNC Software Was Also Tested On NASA Mighty Eagle Lander; Through Lunar CATALYST Agreement, Astrobotic Developing Lunar Guidance Systems / Flight Trajectory Plan Using NASA Core Flight Software & LRO Data To Land In Lacus Mortis Region At 44.96°N 25.62°E, Explore Lunar Cave

Credit: ME, Astrobotic, NASA, GLXP

Friday / 24 July 2015

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16 GLXP Teams Have <6 Months To Confirm Launch, Extend Competition

GLXP July 2015

 One Firm Launch Provider Contract, Designating Launch Window / Date, Required By 31 Dec 2015 To Continue US$20M Moon Challenge; Rideshare Contract Between Astrobotic & Hakuto Confirmed For TBD SpaceX Launch Mid-2016, Team Indus Looking Toward ISRO For Subsidized Launch, Synergy Moon Counting On Interorbital Neptune Rocket, SpaceMETA Has MoU With Alcantor Cyclone Space, Barcelona Moon Working With China Great Wall Industry, Penn State Lunar Lion Launch Reservation Fee Given To Spaceflight Inc / Sherpa Craft

Credit: GLXP, SpaceX, GLXP Teams

Friday / 17 July 2015

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Space Week, Moon Landing Celebrations Highlight This Weekend

Space Week Kick Off

Moonworker Buzz Aldrin ShareSpace Foundation Launch Gala To Be Hosted By John Travolta 18 July At Kennedy Space Center FL – Launch Site Of Human Moon Missions; Moon Day 2015 Sponsored By Frontiers Of Flight Museum, Moon Society, NSS Of North Texas Will Feature Space Traveler Anousheh Ansari, Moon Academy Classes, Lunar Lectures; USS Hornet Museum In Alameda CA Holding Apollo Splashdown Anniversary Celebration; National Museum Of The U.S. Air Force Commemorating Apollo Missions In Dayton OH 

Credit: NASA, ShareSpace Foundation, Frontiers of Flight Museum, Moon Society, NSS of North Texas, USS Hornet Museum

Weekend Holiday Edition
Friday-Monday / 3-6 July 2015

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Moon South Pole Landers 2017-19
Point To 2020s Human Lunar Decade

July 4 Edition, Moon South Pole

International Fleet Of South Pole Lunar Landers Developing From India (Chandrayaan-2, 2017), China (Chang’e-4 & -5, 2017), Japan (SLIM, 2019), Russia (Luna-25, 2019), Korea (2020), As Well As Independent Enterprises Moon Express, ILOA, Canadensys, Golden Spike Company & Shackleton Energy Company; American Flags On Moon Commemorated 4 July As Pioneering Individuals Look Forward To Earth / International Flags & Multi World Species Endeavors

Credit: NASA, JAXA, CNSA, IIT-Kanpur, ISRO, ILOA, ME

Tuesday / 16 June 2015

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Propulsion Expert Tim Pickens Expects

GLXP Launches 2017, 2018

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Tim Pickens Of Huntsville, Alabama, Chief Propulsion Engineer For Moon Express States That ME Is Operating In Cape Canaveral To Centralize Its Developments; While Pickens Mentions No Google Lunar X Prize Team Will Launch This Year, 2017 Or 2018 Is Expected; Pickens Currently Working On Propulsion System For Virgin Galactic SpaceShip Two; When Asked To Support Other Projects, Pickens Criteria Is That Involvement Has To Be Fun

Credit:  Moon Express, Tim Pickens, GLXP, NASA

Thursday / 11 June 2015

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Mexico Space Agency (AEM) To Send Payload On Astrobotic Lunar Lander

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Mexico Seeks To Be First Latin America Country To Land / Operate Payload On Moon, Via Astrobotic GLXP Mission NET 2016; AEM Seeking Payload Proposals From Mexico Scientists, Selection In 4th Quarter 2015; Contract Moves Astrobotic 1 Step Closer To Securing Launch By End 2015 GLXP Deadline; Company Already Has Payload Contracts With GLXP Team Hakuto, 2 Private Companies, NASA, MoonMail Option For Average Citizens, Negotiating With 4 Other Teams, And Seeking Contracts From Several Other Of 50 Smaller Space Agencies

Image Credit: AEM, Astrobotic

Wednesday / 10 June 2015

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USA Advancing ‘NextSTEP’
Lunar Mission Concepts

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Cislunar Space To Be Center Of NASA Activity In 2020s As Country / Agency Develop Technologies / Experience To Conduct Long-Duration, Deep Space Missions; Companies Such As Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Bigelow Advancing Cislunar Habitat Concepts Under NASA NextSTEP Awards; Plans Incorporating Likelihood Of Cooperation From International & Commercial Partners Which May Lead To Lunar Surface Missions / Lunar Base Buildout; Sense Of Urgency To Define / Plan These Missions Growing As SLS / Orion Era Fast Approaching

Image Credit: Lockheed Martin, Bigelow Aerospace

Thursday / 28 May 2015

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GLXP Planning To Extend Deadline To 2017

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XPRIZE & Google Providing Teams Competing For US$30M GLXP Extra Time To Secure Launch; At Least 1 Team Must Confirm Launch Contract By Dec 2015 For Extension To Go Into Effect; If Prize Extended, All Other Teams Will Have Until End Of 2016 To Confirm Launch Contract To Continue In Competition; Deadline For Landing On Moon & Completing Objectives Is End 2017

Image Credit: GLXP