Saturday, April 28, 2007

UP Launch success!

"05/28/2007"

NEW: Rocket makes successful flight into suborbital space, returns to Earth• Remains of 'Star Trek' actor, astronaut, 200 others carried into space• Family members paid $495 to put a few grams of their relatives' ashes on rocket


UPHAM, New Mexico - The cremated remains of actor James Doohan, who portrayed engineer "Scotty" on "Star Trek," soared into suborbital space Saturday aboard a rocket.
The rocket also carried the ashes of Apollo 7 astronaut Gordon Cooper, and about 200 other people.
It was the first successful launch from Spaceport America, a commercial spaceport being developed in the southern New Mexico desert.

Other Spaceport news: Bids have been let to build the Virgin Galactic headquarters and Hangers at Upham, NM. Stay tuned for renderings.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

U.P. Aerospace


You can purchase this patch from UP Aerospace. You can have it sent into orbit this month if you hurry.
NEWS FLASH:

Our SL-2 space launch is scheduled for April 28th...

We're honored that Celestis, Inc. has selected UP Aerospace as the launch services provider for the Celestis Legacy Memorial Spaceflight Mission. On our SL-2 flight, scheduled for April 28th, Star Trek's "Scotty" James Doohan and NASA astronaut and pioneer Gordon Cooper will return to the "final frontier".

Friday, April 6, 2007

Rocket City addition


Starchaser is adding this rocket to it's Rocket City location on Interstate 10 between Deming and Las Cruces, NM.