03 March 2021
Japanese billionaire offers space seats on his private lunar trip
... space slight will not land on the Moon, but loop behind it instead. "It'll be the first private spaceflight, first commercial spaceflight with humans beyond Earth orbit," Elon Musk said in a video announcement with the Japanese billionaire. "So this...
11 October 2021
Blue Origin flight with William Shatner postponed until 13 October
... diversity business resource group, she is a pilot and serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation. “I’m so proud and humbled to fly on behalf of Team Blue, and I’m excited to continue writing Blue’s human...
13 December 2019
Starliner spacecraft could fly as early as next week
... will carry a crew of only four or five along with time-critical scientific research. Phil McAlister, director of commercial spaceflight development at NASA, said there was still some “standard open work” to complete and a couple of "technical issues...
05 May 2026
Europe at the edge of a new world
... now mainstream. A co-founder of the Space Frontier Foundation and an early advocate of commercial spaceflight, he was among those pushing the ideas of private launch, commercial space stations and reusable rockets long before they became mainstream...
05 March 2020
50th Anniversary of Black Arrow's first successful rocket launch
...an opportunity for Skyrora and the UK to thrive in this commercial space age." Emma Floyd, director of commercial spaceflight at the UK Space Agency said: “Our aim is to establish commercial vertical and horizontal satellite launch from UK spaceports...
10 January 2023
Virgin Orbit fails to deliver on first launch from UK
... after a failed launch last month. Matt Archer, director of commercial spaceflight at the UK Space Agency (UKSA), said he was hugely ... international launch for Virgin Orbit, and the first commercial launch from western Europe. The idea of releasing ...
