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  • AIAA Members To Speak At National Space Council Meeting On March 26 AIAA Members To Speak At National Space Council Meeting On March 26

    22 March 2019

    SpaceRef reports that “American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) members Col. Eileen Collins, Daniel Dumbacher, Sandra ‘Sandy’ Magnus, and Wanda Sigur will lend their expertise on human space exploration at the fifth meeting of the National Space Council on March 26 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.” AIAA Executive Director Emeritus

  • Virginia Named “2018 State Of The Year” Virginia Named “2018 State Of The Year”

    20 February 2019

    Business Facilities reports that it has named Virginia as its “2018 State of the Year.” While announcing Virginia as the recipient of the award, BF Editor in Chief Jack Rogers said, “Virginia snared more than $5.5 billion in capital investment for its top two projects, and its top five job-creation efforts netted nearly 28,000 new jobs

  • Branson: Virgin Galactic “Should Be In Space Within Weeks” Branson: Virgin Galactic “Should Be In Space Within Weeks”

    10 October 2018

    The Washington Post reports that Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson told CNBC in an interview on Tuesday, “We should be in space within weeks, not months.” Branson added that “then we will be in space with myself in months and not years.” Although Branson has previously estimated that Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin would launch persons into

  • SpaceX To Launch “First Space Sculpture” This Fall SpaceX To Launch “First Space Sculpture” This Fall

    13 August 2018

    The  Daily Mail (UK) reports that the Orbital Reflector “space sculpture” will be launched into orbit for three weeks this fall aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg AFB in October. Orbital Reflector, an installation “co-produced and presented by the Nevada Museum of Art,” is the length of a football field in the “shape of an

  • Branson Hopes To Go To Space “Before The End Of The Year.” Branson Hopes To Go To Space “Before The End Of The Year.”

    26 July 2018

    CNET News reports that Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson believes that the company is “on the verge” of reaching its goals to reach space. During an interview, Branson admitted, “Before the end of the year I hope to be sitting in a Virgin Galactic spaceship, going to space.” More Info (CNET News)

  • US Air Force Planning For Future F-35 “Fleet Management Office” US Air Force Planning For Future F-35 “Fleet Management Office”

    22 May 2018

    Aviation Today reports that the US Air Force is exploring “how it will oversee its share of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program” in light of the US military’s recently announced decision to shift more control of the fighter to the individual military branches. According to Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski,