Where to Find Older News
Press releases from before June 2009 can be found at the “Press Releases” section of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation website, under the “News” menu option at the top of the page. Thank you!
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Five Years After SpaceShipOne’s Historic X PRIZE Flight, New Challenges Await
Five years ago on October 4, 2004, the $10 million Ansari X PRIZE for commercial spaceflight was won when SpaceShipOne completed a pair of back-to-back flights to space. With pilot Brian Binnie at the...
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Masten Space Systems Achieves First-Ever VTVL Midair Engine Relight Milestone...
Masten Space Systems, based at the Mojave Spaceport in California, demonstrated yesterday the ability to successfully relight the engine of a VTVL (vertical-takeoff vertical-landing) vehicle in...
View ArticleThe Commercial Spaceflight Federation Congratulates SpaceX on their Historic...
Washington D.C. – The Commercial Spaceflight Federation congratulates SpaceX and NASA for the successful berthing of the Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station today. NASA gave the green...
View ArticleThe Commercial Spaceflight Federation Congratulates SpaceX for the Successful...
Washington D.C. – The Commercial Spaceflight Federation congratulates SpaceX for the completion of its Commercial Orbital Transportation System demonstration with the successful splashdown of the...
View ArticleThe Commercial Spaceflight Federation Highlights Some Recent Achievements in...
Washington D.C. – The Commercial Spaceflight Federation released the following statement from President Michael Lopez-Alegria today. “This has been an incredible couple of weeks for the companies in...
View ArticleCommercial Spaceflight Federation Congratulates the Mars Science Laboratory Team
Washington D.C. – The Commercial Spaceflight Federation applauds the team of explorers from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, industry, and throughout NASA, that has successfully delivered the Curiosity...
View ArticleCSF President Michael Lopez-Alegria Statement on the Announcement of the...
“Today’s announcement by the Inspiration Mars Foundation is as exciting as the project is ambitious,” stated CSF President Michael Lopez-Alegria. “This philanthropic effort shares some of the...
View ArticleCommercial Spaceflight Federation Heralds U.S. Resurgence in the Commercial...
Washington D.C. – The Commercial Spaceflight Federation congratulates SpaceX for the successful launch of their Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida and for the...
View ArticleCommercial Spaceflight Federation Congratulates Paragon on Historic StratEx...
Washington, D.C. – The Commercial Spaceflight Federation congratulates Paragon Space Development Corporation® and its StratEx team, on Alan Eustace’s historic supersonic dive at 135,908 feet from a...
View ArticleCSF President Eric Stallmer Reflects on the Five Year Anniversary of...
Colorado Springs, CO – It was only five years ago today that President Barack Obama visited NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and laid out his vision for the future of American space exploration....
View ArticleCSF Calls On Congress To Quickly Pass Bipartisan CSLA Reauthorization
CSF President Eric Stallmer released the following statement calling on Congress to quickly pass H.R. 2262, the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act: “CSF applauds the House and Senate...
View ArticleCSF Applauds Senate Passage of Bipartisan Commercial Space Legislation
Washington D.C. – Last night the Senate passed the bi-partisan U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act (CSLCA, or H.R. 2262 as amended), which represents one of the most significant...
View ArticleCSF Applauds House Passage of Visionary, Comprehensive, and Bipartisan...
Washington D.C. – Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bi-partisan, bicameral U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act (CSLCA, or H.R. 2262 as amended), which represents one of...
View ArticleCSF Congratulates ISS Commercial Resupply Awardees & Partners, Orbital ATK,...
NASA announced three cargo contract awards to ensure robust and affordable transportation of critical supplies, scientific experiments and commercial payloads to and from the International Space...
View ArticleCommercial Spaceflight Federation Congratulates Bigelow Aerospace, NASA, and...
Washington, D.C. — The Commercial Spaceflight Federation congratulates Bigelow Aerospace and NASA on the successful deployment of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), which on Saturday was...
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