NASA Buys Flights from Masten and Armadillo
NASA has awarded a combined $475,000 to Armadillo Aerospace and Masten Space Systems for future experimental suborbital test flights. Press Release at NASA

Dragons Now Come Fully Equipped With Parachutes
SpaceX concludes its parachute deployment and recovery systems testing with a successful high-altitude test drop of its Dragon spacecraft. Press Release at SpaceX

NASA Backs Commercial Moonshots
NASA has announced that they're willing to buy $30 million worth of data from the winning Lunar XPrize teams, essentially doubling the prize purse. Alan Boyle at Cosmic Log

One Giant Leap for Astrobotic
Astrobotic Technology announces official sponsorship from Caterpillar Inc. which will provide cash and expertise to the Lunar XPrize contender. Malia Spencer at The Pittsburgh Business Times

Burt Rutan Retiring?
The legendary aircraft designer and creator of SpaceShipOne, Burt Rutan, may soon be leaving Mojave, CA after 35 years of defining what's possible in aviation. Doug Messier at Parabolic Arc

Bigger Rockets, Higher Altitudes
The group at Armadillo Aerospace sheds some light on what they've been up to the     past few months. News at Armadillo Aerospace

FAA Lands In New Mexico
The Federal Aviation Administration has chosen New Mexico as the home for its new Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation division. John Kelly at Florida Today

SpaceX Unveils Heavy-Lift Vehicle Plan

Bob Richards Leaves as Odyssey Moon CEO
Bob Richards has left Odyssey Moon, but reports say he plans to continue developing a lunar lander. Doug Messier at Parabolic Arc

Senator Nelson Cuts a Break for Newspace
Senator Bill Nelson recently proposed a bill that will provide tax breaks to space-related businesses in some areas. Patrick Peterson at The Flame Trench

Oh, the Joys of Contractors
One of Orbital Science's contractors from the Ukraine fails to deliver on time, causing a major delay in the delivery of the Taurus-II first-stage rocket. Tang Danlu at Xinhuanet

Half Time in the Battle for the Frontier
Now is merely a pause in the war of ideas, and those who believe in an open frontier in space must use this time well or prepare to lose it all when Congress returns this fall. Rick Tumlinson at SpaceFront

Advocates Assess Legislative Setback for Commercial Space
Foundation Advocates discuss potential outcomes of the recent cutbacks by the House and Senate in commercial space funding. Debra Werner at Space News

Defeating the Homers, Haters, and Boomers
There are a lot of people who oppose the new NASA budget, but just who are they, and how do they think? Bob Werb at SpaceFront

Summoning the Future by Remembering the Past
It has been a long and bumpy road for the space industry, but if we learn from our mistakes, we can pave a clear road into the future. Dennis Wingo at SpaceRef

The Space Show
Robert Zimmerman, Hu Davis, Dr. Pete Worden and Dennis Wingo discuss their respective NewSpace initiatives with Dr. David Livingston on The Space Show.

NewSpace TEDx Event in NY
The Space Frontier Foundation will host a TEDx event featuring speakers Lori Garver & Anousheh Ansari on September 14, at the Explorer's Club HQ in Manhattan.  TEDxMidTownNY event listing at Space Frontier Foundation

World Space Week
World Space Week is held October 4-10 annually, and is the largest space event in the world, exciting students about learning and promoting awareness about space. World Space Week

Space Manufacturing 14: Critical Technologies for Space Settlement
The 14th Space Studies Institute Conference on Space Manufacturing and Space Settlement will be held at NASA Ames Conference Center, CA, on October 30 & 31, 2010.

SEDS SpaceVision 2010: Envision. Ignite. Achieve.
From November 5th to 7th, hundreds of students with a passion for space will convene at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for the largest fully student-run space conference in the nation, dedicated to facilitating networking between students, professionals, and the public.

ISU Symposium Call for Papers
The International Space University has released their call for papers for their annual three-day symposium, held February 15-17, 2011, which addresses the theme of "Maximizing the Return from Extended Operations." Press Release at ISU