[Thursday, July 2, 2009] To mark its proud association with one of mankind's greatest adventures, Swiss watchmaker OMEGA brought four of the surviving Moonwalkers together along with some of the other luminaries from NASA's Apollo program.

[Wednesday, July 1, 2009] TerreStar-1 has a liftoff mass of 6,910 kg. and was carried as a solo payload on today's Ariane 5 heavy-lift mission from the Spaceport in French Guiana.

[Sunday, June 28, 2009] While appearing barren, the Moon has the resources upon which to build a prototype space civilization. It is a power-rich environment, permitting initial steps to be undertaken using proven, inexpensive solar power generation technology.

[Friday, June 26, 2009] The scheduled launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket with the NASA/NOAA GOES-O satellite was scrubbed today due to thunderstorms and lightning within 10 miles of the launch pad during the launch window.

[Thursday, June 25, 2009] NASA Kennedy Space Center is releasing a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the Constellation Concept of Ground Operations Study. The release date for this BAA is June 24, 2009, and the due date for proposals is July 24, 2009.

[Thursday, June 25, 2009] The NASA SBIR program is conducted under the authority of the Small Business Innovation Research Program Reauthorization Act of 2000.

[Thursday, June 25, 2009] The NASA STTR program is conducted under the authority of the Small Business Technology Transfer Program Reauthorization Act of 2001.

[Wednesday, June 24, 2009] Today, a conduit financing package was approved by the Space Florida Board of Directors to reassign the lease for Launch Complex 41 (LC-41) to United Launch Alliance (ULA).

[Tuesday, June 23, 2009] A news briefing discussing the $100 million conduit financing package and partnership between Space Florida and United Launch Alliance which demonstrates Florida's ability to rapidly address the needs of the industry.

[Tuesday, June 23, 2009] Orion Propulsion, Inc. today announced completion of a qualification test program for the Forward Propulsion System (FPS) of Bigelow Aerospace's Sundancer Project, the world's first commercial space habitat.

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