37 Views  Flight should mark last test flight before commercial service begins SPACEPORT AMERICA, N.M. (KRQE) – Targeting another trial before the anticipated start of commercial space flights, Virgin Galactic says a native New Mexican will join the crew of a planned late-May test flight. The space company made the
49 Views  Las Cruces actress-director-screenwriter Autumn Gieb’s script won the Stagecoach Foundation’s Screenwriting Competition to become a short film to be shot at Spaceport America. Scott Brocato spoke to Autumn about her winning screenplay, Dave’s Not Here.
79 Views  Virgin projecting commercial service in New Mexico during Q2 of 2023 SPACEPORT AMERICA, N.M. (KRQE) – Following more than a year of upgrades and a recent successful test flight above California’s Mojave Desert, Virgin Galactic’s VMS Eve carrier ship is back in the Land of Enchantment. The company confirmed a
447 Views  The Starliner capsule parachuted into the New Mexico desert CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing’s crew taxi returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Wednesday, completing a repeat test flight before NASA astronauts climb aboard.
170 Views  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The executive director of New Mexico’s spaceport says operations are ramping up at the desert outpost and he needs the Legislature to allocate another $2 million in annual funding to keep the momentum going.
229 Views  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Virgin Galactic is cleared to fly FAA-licensed spaceflights following the conclusion of an investigation of Richard Branson’s flight in July.
232 Views  Jeff Bezos has very publicly thanked his mother for everything he has. He has also been public about her giving birth to him when she was a teenager in high school in Albuquerque. Tuesday the businessman, billionaire and now commercial space race history maker celebrated with his family, including
508 Views  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A local solar power company was selected to test out their new technology in orbit. Businesses in New Mexico are turning to the sky as the second space race takes center stage in the land of enchantment. Here in Albuquerque, mPower designs and builds solar panels, an
313 Views  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is still riding the high of Virgin Galactic’s historic spaceflight from Spaceport America near Las Cruces. It’s already having an impact on tourism at the Spaceport and officials are thinking about how to keep that momentum going.
200 Views  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M- The state’s tourism department shelled out big bucks to make sure New Mexico’s brand was front and center during the Virgin Galactic space launch.
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