By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 10 May 2022 WASHINGTON — Astra announced May 10 that it plans to carry out launches from a spaceport in the Shetland Islands starting in 2023 as part of international expansion plans. Astra said it is partnering with SaxaVord Spaceport to provide launch services
Published by NECN, 26 April 2022 Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill earlier this month to create the Maine Space Port Corp. Maine is closer to launching its space program after Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill to create the Maine Space Port Corp., a law aimed at growing the state’s aerospace
By David Rompf, Published by The New Yorker, 24 April 2022 Residents are up in arms about a proposed spaceport project, the first of its kind in the Midwest, which would involve launching rockets near the shoreline of Lake Superior. One of the largest log cabins in the world can
By Hannah Laclaire, Published by Portland Press Herald, 24 April, 2022 The state hopes a new law creating the Maine Space Port Corp. is the first step toward achieving that goal. Maine took a small but crucial step last week toward a starry-eyed vision to become a leading national hub
By Andrew Jones, Published by Space.com, 11 April 2022 The SaxaVord spaceport aims to host the first vertical orbital launch from the UK later this year. Construction of the SaxaVord spaceport on the Shetland Islands in the north of Scotland is set to begin soon with the aim of hosting
By Justin Bachmann and Sergio ChapaPublished by Bloomberg, 6 April 2022 Company failed to provide requested info, according to letterElon Musk’s firm is seeking to launch new Starship rocket SpaceX’s application for an expansion of its South Texas launch site was suspended by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 4 April 2022 Brig. Gen. Stephen Purdy: Seeing Starbase 'gives you a lot of ideas of what the future could be' COLORADO SPRINGS – Brig. Gen. Stephen Purdy was in Boca Chica, Texas, last month visiting Starbase. That is SpaceX’s launch and rocket manufacturing
By Hannah Northey, Published by Greenwire, E&E News, 1 April 2022 In this March 28, 2005, photo, a sign posted outside a water well indicates perchlorate contamination at a site in Rialto, Calif. AP Photo/Ric Francis, File EPA yesterday announced it would maintain a Trump-era position of not regulating toxic
