Commercial Space

Viewing Alert: Virgin Galactic Flight Featured on Nat Geo Channel

Here's some exclusive video of the first glide flight of SpaceShipTwo earlier this week, shared by the National Geographic Channel,…

11 years ago

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Makes First Glide Flight

[/caption] Does this image look futuristic? Well, the future is here, as this is an actual image from October 10,…

11 years ago

Could a Human Mars Mission Be Funded Commercially?

[/caption] What will it take to actually get humans to Mars? The best answer is probably money. The right amount…

11 years ago

Dragon Ascendant: SpaceX Prepares for Second Falcon 9 Launch

[/caption] Earlier this year, SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies) successfully launched the first of its Falcon 9 rockets. The firm has…

11 years ago

Two Russian Companies Plan to Build First Commercial Space Station

[/caption] Will there soon be another human destination in low Earth orbit, or is this a redundant pipe dream? Two…

11 years ago

Boeing to Offer Commercial Flights to Space

The aerospace company Boeing is developing a crew transportation vehicle and today announced an agreement with the space marketing company…

11 years ago

NASA Funds Experimental “Near Space” Vehicles

[/caption] Commercial space companies Armadillo Aerospace and Masten Space Systems have been awarded a total of $475,000 to perform test…

11 years ago

Dragon Drop Tests and Heat1X-Tycho Brahe Set to Launch – SpacePod 2010.08.24

Home made rockets launched from home made submarines next to dragon wings floating in the ocean on your SpacePod for…

11 years ago

Interview with Elon Musk

SpaceX founder, CEO and CTO Elon Musk sat down with the Spacevidcast team for about 20 minutes to talk about…

11 years ago

Virgin’s Spaceship Enterprise Makes First Crewed Flight

For the first time, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, named the Enterprise, flew with crew on board. While it stayed attached to…

11 years ago