Nov 17, 2011 | Announcements, MVEDA Events, Space Industry News
Sean Jodoin, Virgin Galactic Supply Chain Manager, will be the featured speaker at the December meeting of the MVEDA Business on the Border Forum. The luncheon will be held on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 from 11:30 AM until 1:00 PM at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces,...
Nov 17, 2011 | Announcements, Space Industry News
Release courtesy of NMSU News Center WRITER: Janet Perez, 575-646-4120, perezjm@nmsu.edu CONTACT: Steve Hottman, 575-646-9202, shottman@psl.nmsu.edu New Mexico State University is building a stellar international reputation for its work on unmanned aircraft systems, a...
Oct 21, 2011 | Space Industry News
Article Courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin By Todd G. Dickson When Richard Branson dropped over the edge of the glass-walled balcony of the terminal hangar at Spaceport America Monday, Oct. 17, the danger was more for show to the 800 gathered there for a ceremonial...
Oct 18, 2011 | Announcements, Borderplex Expansions, Space Industry News
Article Courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News By Diana M. Alba UPHAM, N.M. – Bottle of champagne in hand, British billionaire and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson on Monday christened Spaceport America’s diamond feature – a $32.5 million...
Oct 17, 2011 | Announcements, Space Industry News
Article courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News By Diana M. Alba LAS CRUCES – NASA’s recently announced plan to buy flights from two companies that will launch from Spaceport America gives the $209 million project a shot in the arm, as the facility preps for a...
Oct 14, 2011 | Announcements, Space Industry News
Article courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News MOJAVE, CALIF. – NASA has booked at least one suborbital flight, with the possibility for two more, from Virgin Galactic, a spaceline that will launch from just north of Doña Ana County. Virgin Galactic had previously...