Tag: Commercial Spaceflight Federation
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Space Northwest teams up with Commercial Space Federation on business accelerator program
Stoke Space has its 168,000-square-foot headquarters in Kent, Wash., where Mount Rainier can be seen on a good day. (Stoke Space Photo) Space Northwest, a nonprofit association serving the Pacific Northwest’s space industry ecosystem, says it’s partnering with the Commercial Space Federation to launch a regional space business accelerator. The initiative will begin with an…
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NASA’s deputy chief echoes JFK in a pitch for commercial space ventures
NASA Deputy Administrator James Morhard, at left, receives congratulations from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine after a swearing-in ceremony last October. (NASA Photo / Joel Kowsky) WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA’s No. 2 official channeled President John F. Kennedy today in a pitch designed to please space industry executives. “We choose to commercialize low Earth orbit,” Deputy Administrator…
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World View exec Taber MacCallum will chair Commercial Spaceflight Federation
World View Enterprises’ Taber MacCallum is the new chairman of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation. (Paragon Space Development Corp. Photo) News Brief: The Commercial Spaceflight Federation says Taber MacCallum, co-founder and chief technology officer of Arizona-based World View Enterprises, will serve as its new chairman of the board. MacCallum takes the reins from Alan Stern, a…
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President Trump signs off on directive to deregulate commercial space ventures
President Donald Trump holds up Space Policy Directive 2 in the Oval Office, with Vice President Mike Pence at left. Standing at right are Scott Pace, executive secretary of the National Space Council; and Jared Stout, the council’s deputy executive secretary and chief of staff. (White House Photo / Shealah Craighead) President Donald Trump has…