July 2019
Next steps in human space exploration
...longer be the owners and operators of the LEO environment. I was a reluctant convert to commercial space flight, but now I travel the world to promote commercial space capabilities for low Earth orbit - Charlie Bolden So NASA made the decision to get...
30 September 2015
Aerospace industry round-up: $23.8 billion materials market by 2022, B/E (BEAV) allegedly oversold, titanium analysis
... industry. The largest titanium segment there today is commercial aircraft, of course. Yet space experts would also do well to keep an eye on titanium – considering the fact that a commercial space flight industry is also expected to make major leaps...
June 2015
Training space tourists to fly to the ISS at the Gagarin Centre
... Centre continuously. New competition emerges Until recently, there was no real competition when it came to commercial space flight services. Only two space agencies, Roscosmos and NASA, had the potential to sell such services on the market. Today...
21 April 2017
Draper readies Dream Chaser for International Space Station
... systems at Draper, believes Dream Chaser represents a new chapter in space travel. “The future of routine commercial space flight is quickly approaching, promising to make a trip into space as routine as air travel. Dream Chaser is an important step...
13 October 2021
Blue Origin's second all civilian crew successfully reaches space
...during Blue Origin’s first commercial space flight back in July. Not one to miss out, Funk’s flight companion Jeff Bezos – Blue... and movie franchises, said Monday that the hardest part of space flight will be getting in and out of the seat. He ...
October 2024
Revolutionising space medicine and global health through virtual and augmented reality
...be used for crew training and long-term management of medical conditions. With commercial space flight now a reality, a wider range of people are flying to space, and the risk of people experiencing an adverse medical scenario is therefore increasing...
