Oklahoma spaceport license soon?

In his presentation about Rocketplane Kistler at the ISDC on Friday, company CEO George French suggested that the Oklahoma Spaceport would soon get its launch license. “Oklahoma is going to be getting their spaceport license very shortly, and it’s already been published in the federal record.” He said the license would be official in the […]

Another round of “What’s in a name?”

Although Richard Branson wasn’t present at the ORBIT Awards dinner Thursday night, he did give an acceptance speech by video at the event. He revealed the early origins of the name “Virgin Galactic”: “Back in 1992, I registered the name “Virgin Galactic Airways”. I registered it because I loved the sound of the name, but […]

Ansari, Space Adventures, and that extra $20 million

On Friday the Russian news service RIA Novosti reported that Anousheh Ansari had officially been signed up as the backup to Daisuke “Dice-K” Enomoto for this fall’s Soyuz ISS flight. The news wasn’t that surprising, since she had previously been reported to be in training in Russia to serve that role, possibly as a prelude […]