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Flight Five on the Horizon
SpaceX's Falcon 1 Flight 5 is imminent, with a launch window that opens Monday, April 20. Set to launch is a medium-sized aperture camera for Malaysian space company ATSB.

The World's First Repeat Space Tourist
Follow Space Adventures' latest ecstatic client Charles Simonyi, the World's first repeat space tourist, as he travels to the International Space Station for the second time.

VMS Eve Tests Flawlessly
Scaled Composites' Mothership 'Eve' has successfully passed all tests thrown at her, including in-flight engine re-starts, and flights as high as 20,000 feet.

The Highest Efficiency Rocket Engine Award Goes To
Space Exploration Technologies recently completed a full mission duration test firing of their new Merlin Vacuum Engine, which will propel the second stage of their Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle.

Cost Overruns Plague NASA
Poor cost estimating, constant design changes and poor contractor performance have led to top NASA officials leaving the agency and a $1.1 Billion overrun over the span of nine missions.

Lunar Robots to Prepare Lunar Surface
Carnegie-Mellon University and Google Lunar X-Prize contender Astrobotic Technology have teamed up to show how small robots can prepare the lunar surface for a future NASA outpost.

ARCA Tests 'Stabilo' Rocket Engines
Google Lunar X Prize Contender ARCA has completed a series of tests of their rocket engine that will eventually be used on their mission to the Moon.

The First Plant Grown on the Moon
Odyssey Moon and Paragon Space have teamed up to put mustard seed inside a mini-greenhouse, and grow it on the surface of the Moon.

The 7 Shuttle Replacements
With NASA's Apollo-redux capsules not ready until 2015 or later, the seven "next-best" options include NewSpace companies Bigelow Aerospace, SpaceX, and Orbital Sciences.

Space Tourism in the Economic Downturn
Taylor Dinerman takes a look into whether space tourism can survive the economic downturn, and how the entrepreneurial imagination will be needed to do it.

Microsoft Founder as a Possible Space Tourist
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has stated he's interested in a possible flight to the ISS, but this might depend on what is "for sale" at the time by Space Adventures.

A Space Race to Keep an Eye On
There's a new space race in town, and if done correctly, it might end up with both NewSpace and NASA becoming more efficient and effective to the space community.

EVA Interviews - The Business of the New Space Age
Eva-Jane Lark interviews Rex Ridenoure, CEO of Ecliptic Enterprises

Space Show Highlights
Dr. Pete Worden, Paul Dear, and Dr. Harrison Schmidt discuss their respective NewSpace initiatives with Dr. David Livingston on The Space Show.

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