Sad day in Mohave

Our sincere condolences to Burt Rutan and his Virgin Galactic Team on their recent tragedy where three of the team members were killed. This happened during a fuel transfer. Branson has stated that this will in no way delay the Virgin Galactic construction schedule at the Spaceport America in NM.

Genesis II

Bigelow Aerospace has successfully launched Genesis II and it is responding to commands made from the North Las Vegas command center. Genesis I is still orbiting and taking some fabulous photos of earth. See following article in re: Genesis II

http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/multiverse/news.php#update

Since Rocketcity is just up the road from us, we are always interested in what Steve Bennett is doing with his Starchaser Rockets. This is a link to a very nice article about his quest to send rockets into suborbital space and create a space tourism endeavor at our own Spaceport America.

http://www.starchaser.co.uk/pub/en_magazine_june2007.pdf

Shuttle Camp Registration

http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/shuttlecamp/index.php?type=schedule

If you want to sign up your children for the NM Space Museum's shuttle camp, here is the place to do that.