Space Frontier Foundation

Nyack, NY, June 5, 2009 - The Space Frontier Foundations’ Heinlein Business Plan Competition is actively seeking Executive Summaries from companies that can demonstrate how their product or service is related or beneficial to the commercial space industry...

The strict regulations of exporting US space components to any other country have helped boost Europe to the top of a $100 billion industry. Benjamin Sutherland at Newsweek

Inaugural Event for the New Arthur C. Clarke Fellowship Endowment Of the International Space University The International Space University, The Arthur C...

Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX Teachers from across the nation met here today to help design a new training course for astronaut teachers. The workshop, attended by more than 50 teachers, was sponsored by Teachers in Space, which aims to put hundreds of American teachers into space...

Dr. Robert Zubrin, Taylor Dinerman and Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson discuss their respective NewSpace initiatives with Dr. David Livingston on The Space Show.

No longer do spaceship pilots need to be Military, nor do they need to be from the US or Russia-meet the first commercial spaceship pilots of XCOR Aerospace and Scaled Composites. Michael Belfiore at Air & Space

NASA says that once it retires the Shuttle, the agency expects the commercial space sector to use shuttle's main engines, assuming they're still in "fly-able condition." Rob Coppinger at Flight Global

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5-6 February 2009 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia. Featured speakers at this year's conference include: Will Whitehorn, President, Virgin Galactic, London, U.K...

A Campaign to Select Exceptional Israeli Graduate Students for the International Space University NASA Ames Research Center Summer Program As part of an annual campaign to identify and assist in funding three exceptional Israeli graduate students, Space Frontier Foundation Advocate Michael Potter,...

The National Security Space Office (NSSO) and Headquarters, Air Force Security Forces Center (HQ AFSFC) are pleased to co-host a Technology Forum for the Small Unit Space Transport and Insertion (SUSTAIN) capability 24-26 Feb 2009 at Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio, TX...

Removing Gravity Offers New Understanding of Biological and Physical Processes January 19, 2009 Houston, Texas -The Heinlein Prize Trust announces the Microgravity Research Competition to reward innovation in the use of microgravity to advance biotech, nanotech, combustion, metallurgy, and other...

The concentration of entrepreneurial space companies in Mojave, CA has led some to liken Mojave Air and Space Port to a NewSpace version of Silicon Valley. Jeff Foust at The Space Review

Red Whittaker, the man behind the Google Lunar X-Prize Team Astrobotic, is a master of robotics - but will one of his robots reach the moon? Geoffrey Little at Air & Space Magazine

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently issued Spaceport America a “Launch Site Operator License,” making it officially a spaceport. Press Release at Spac

The Space Frontier Foundation is celebrating a cosmic holiday gift: NASA's impending announcement that it will buy commercial cargo transportation services to resupply the International Space Station. The U.S...

The Space Frontier Foundation is celebrating a cosmic holiday gift: NASA's impending announcement that it will buy commercial cargo transportation services to resupply the International Space Station. The U.S...

The Space Frontier Foundation pointed out that President-elect Obama's transition team has published for public comment a white paper entitled Space Solar Power (SSP) - A Solution for Energy Independence & Climate Change.  The paper was prepared and submitted by the Space Frontier Foundation and...

NASA Administrator Griffin Contradicts Own Congressional Testimony Washington, DCWednesday, November 19, 2008 The Space Frontier Foundation today pointed out that NASA Administrator Dr...

The Space Frontier Foundation today called on President-elect Barack Obama to use the innovation and drive of American entrepreneurs to "close the Gap" in U.S. human spaceflight after the Space Shuttle is retired in 2010...