- Jul 15, 2017
- 2 min
College Students Launch Rockets in New Mexico Desert
30,000 feet (5.6 miles) won the day for the University of Michigan student team. In other events, student rockets have actually reached more than 27 miles. The 'edge' of space is at 60 miles and Minimum Low Earth Orbit is at a minimum altitude of 100 miles. Spaceport America, like the Friends of Amateur Rocketry launch site in Mojave, California, are in near-desert or desert locations for safety. All student launches lack guidance systems or self-destruct safety devices. Like
- Jun 21, 2017
- 2 min
Buy A Space Launch From a Vending Machine – No Kidding!
SPACEPORT AMERICA - Officials with a company operating at Spaceport America said Wednesday they'll start test flights next week on a system to eventually take tiny payloads, including satellites, to suborbital space. The launch capsules will be sold and launched from a vending machine located at teh spaceport. The company, Pipeline2Space, or P2S, discussed its plans during the second day of the Spaceport America Cup, a rocket competition that's drawn roughly 1,000 college stu
- Jan 7, 2017
- 1 min
Spaceport America: 0 for 2016
Commentary: If New Mexico’s spaceport offers “the world an invitation to space,” no one’s RSVPing. In 2016, the facility launched … nothing. No satellites placed in orbit. No tourists sent on one-of-a-kind journeys. Heck, even UP Aerospace wasn’t able to launch a single sounding rocket last year. But rest assured, taxpayers, economic-development “visionaries” are doubling down. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that construction “could start late spring or early summer of 2017”
