Spaceport America welcomed a new tenant this week, announcing a two-year lease with a Japanese space startup aiming to achieve orbital flight. 

https://www.abqjournal.com/business/article_7c664615-2ab9-459c-9eee-104ce644da5c.html

#NewMexico #aerospace #spaceportamerica

https://www.alojapan.com/1284991/japans-reusable-rocket-startup-isc-eyes-us-test-launch-in-december/ Japan’s reusable rocket startup ISC eyes US test launch in December #CommercialLaunchVehicles #InnovativeSpaceCarrier #ISCRocketTestLaunch #Japan #JapanNews #JapanReusableRocketStartup #JapanTopics #JapaneseSatelliteLaunch #KojiroHatada #news #SpaceportAmerica A Tokyo-based rocket startup said on Wednesday it will test-launch a prototype in the United States in December using an American engine, aiming to achieve the first U.S.-Japan jo…

For a while I have been reporting on the spaceport’s efforts to serve new clients and tenants, to tell stories of itself beyond Virgin Galactic’s fate. If this test is indeed a key step for a future with point-to-point hypersonic passenger flight, then this is one of those stories.

https://www.abqjournal.com/business/article_aed10e66-2ad3-4d08-8263-77edba13ff03.html

#SpaceportAmerica #aerospace #NewMexico

https://www.alojapan.com/1277700/la-to-tokyo-in-under-two-hours-american-company-completes-historic-hypersonic-engine-flight-test-that-hits-mach-6-straight-from-runways/ LA To Tokyo In Under Two Hours? American Company Completes Historic Hypersonic Engine Flight Test That Hits Mach 6 Straight From Runways #news #RotatingDetonationRocketEngine #SpaceportAmerica #Tokyo #TokyoNews #VenusAerospace #東京 #東京都 A U.S. aerospace startup just made history with a test flight that could one day shrink the trip from LA to Tokyo to under 2 hours. Venus Aerospace, based in Houston, flew a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine —…

In 📆 2006, construction began and ultimately used $218.5 million 💰 in public funds. “Looking at the numbers and what has taken place over the years, it’s been a bad investment” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/business/economy/spaceport-america-new-mexico.html

#SpaceportAmerica #visions #WhistleInTheDark

"Our long-term ⏳🥱 goal is #orbital launch. But we need a vehicle that is designed for orbital launch [...] we have a much larger vision*" https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/new-mexicos-spaceport-america-looks-up-and-into-the-future

* "Whoever has #visions should go to the doctor" https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Helmut_Schmidt

#SpaceportAmerica

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Venus Aerospace’s Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Completes First Flight Test
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"Houston, Texas-based startup Venus Aerospace claims to have completed the first U.S. flight test of a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) this week. "

https://www.mobilityengineeringtech.com/component/content/article/53127-venus-aerospaces-rotating-detonation-rocket-engine-completes-first-flight-test

16.5.2025

#Rakete #Raketenmotor #Raumfahrt #RDRE #RocketEngine #rocketry #SpaceFlight #SpaceportAmerica #VenusAerospace

There are only 2 "#spaceport" 🚀 so far in #OpenStreetMap which pretended to be one unless they never launched something to #space 🌌 (for a considerable amount of time) : #SpaceportAmerica and #CornRanch (#BlueOrigin's #NewShepard launch site) https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/aeroway%3Asuborbital#values. #SpaceportCornwall 🛫 has never been one (other than for propaganda) https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1105816254

There's a considerable amount of #launchpad ⚪ (#balloon 🎈, #research #rockets...) https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=launchpad#values

#SpaceFlight #Orbit #DeepSpace

Congratulations to the students at USC!
#space #rocketry #SpacePortAmerica

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/usc-students-set-world-record-with-high-flying-rocket-launch-video

As #VirginGalactic flies again from #NewMexico, an updated editorial from yesterday's paper encourages Spaceport America to keep finding stories about itself independent of its famous anchor tenant.

https://www.demingheadlight.com/2023/05/25/spaceport-america-gears-space-flights/

#SpaceportAmerica

"On Wednesday morning, the VMS Eve aircraft took off from Spaceport America and subsequently released the spacecraft at an altitude of about 14 kilometers. After this, VSS Unity glided back to the runway in New Mexico, testing modifications to the spacecraft's flight controls and handling."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/after-nearly-two-years-virgin-galactics-space-plane-returns-to-the-sky/

#VirginGalactic #SpaceportAmerica #NewMexico #NewSpace

📆 2 Mar, 2023 #DreamChaser will provide a minimum of seven cargo 📦 service missions to and from the #ISS. #SierraSpace has entered into agreements with multiple international #SpaceAgencies. There's a growing list of compatible runways worldwide where the #DreamChaser could land 🛬 : #SpaceportAmerica, #KennedySpaceCenter, #Huntsville, #OitaAirport 🇯🇵, #SpaceportCornwall 🇬🇧. The first launch depends on the progress of #ULA’s #Vulcan 🚀. https://thespacebucket.com/is-dream-chaser-tenacity-on-track-to-launch-in-2023