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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]
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.
After transfer to Spaceport America in New Mexico in February 2020, a couple of 15 km altitude test flights were carried out. Due to a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases in New Mexico, Virgin Galactic had to postpone a key test flight of its spacecraft in November 2020, [ 75 ] and then in December 2020, a computer connection issue prevented ...
Sep. 13—Virgin Galactic officials doubled down on their commitment to Spaceport America, telling a legislative committee on Friday that it plans to build a new $30 million hangar that would ...
Aug. 5—The new executive director of Spaceport America said the facility is primed to become a major economic development source for the state, and not just because billionaire Richard Branson ...
Spaceport America in southern New Mexico is the super-cool launchpad from which Virgin Galactic promises to send its first commercial spacecraft into. Should you ever book a flight to space, wanna ...
Spaceport America (formerly Southwest Regional Spaceport), a US$212 million spaceport in New Mexico, partly funded by the state government, [45] became the permanent launch site for the latter part of test flight programme and for commercial launches.
Jun. 10—SPACEPORT AMERICA — Slipping through the cracks in a throng of hundreds of people, a little boy in a white shirt leaned over a crowd-control barrier, straining to see a rocket ship ...