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Spaceport America, formerly the Southwest Regional Spaceport, is an FAA-licensed spaceport located on 18,000 acres (7,300 ha) of State Trust Land in the Jornada del Muerto desert basin 45 miles (72 km) north of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Truth or Consequences. [1]
An autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS) is a modified ocean-going barge equipped with propulsion systems to maintain precise position and a large landing platform. SpaceX developed these vessels to recover the first stage (also called the booster) of its launch vehicles. By recovering and reusing these boosters, SpaceX has significantly ...
Space Centre Australia secured land for main site facilities for space launch, located 43km east of Weipa, close to RAAF Scherger in 2023. [91] Final approvals may come under Mokwiri Aboriginal Corporation. [91] Previously a Cape York Space Agency was established by the government to develop a facility for Ukrainian Zenit launches at
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The New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) is a non-governmental panel, appointed by the Governor of New Mexico, whose members represent the public sector in the development and construction of Spaceport America, the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport.
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Upham is located approximately 30 miles east of Truth or Consequences, and 45 miles north of Las Cruces, in the southern part of the state [5] 4,557 feet (1,389 meters) above sea level. Virgin Galactic is the first space tourism company to develop commercial flights into space. Sub-orbital commercial space launches began in 2007. [6] [7]
Getty Images The New Mexico Spaceport Authority announced on Tuesday that tours of Spaceport America will be open to the public starting Friday, the Associated Press