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May 02, 2014

CSF Welcomes House Appropriations Committee Passage Of FY15 NASA Budget

Commercial Spaceflight Federation Sees Room For Improvement In Program Funding Levels

The House Appropriations Committee has released its Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill, allocating Federal spending for several agencies including NASA. The bill provided a welcome increase in NASA’s funding.

Will Help Carry Out Future Human Space Exploration Missions

NASA has selected three new flight directors to manage International Space Station (ISS) operations. Amit Kshatriya, Jeffery Radigan and Zebulon Scoville join a select group of human spaceflight leaders in the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Three Companies Chosen For Partnership Agreements

NASA has selected three U.S. companies to negotiate no-funds exchanged partnership agreements with the agency to advance lander capabilities that will enable delivery of payloads to the surface of the moon, as well as new science and exploration missions of interest to NASA and scientific and academic communities.

Not Your Usual Run-Of-The-Mill LSA... Not By A Long Shot

While at Sun 'n Fun 2014 ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell had the opportunity to talk with Matt Liknaitzky, the president of The Aircraft Factory U.S. This is the company that brings the Sling line of aircraft to the U.S. market. The name Sling may be new to a lot of people because it originates in South Africa. The Sling 2 is a light sport eligible airplane that is produced in both a completed form and a kit version.

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Orbital, ATK’s Aerospace And Defense Groups To Combine

Five-Billion-Dollar 'Merger-of-Equals' to Create 'Orbital ATK'

Orbital Sciences Corporation has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Alliant Techsystems (ATK) which will combine Orbital and ATK’s Aerospace and Defense (A&D) Groups to create a $4.5 billion (combined calendar year 2013 annual revenue), 13,000-person space, defense and aviation systems developer and manufacturer.

Version Of CST-100 Capsule For Non-Government Space Customers

A new commercial interior of Boeing's Crew Space Transportation (CST-100) next-generation manned space capsule was unveiled Wednesday, showing how people other than NASA astronauts may one day travel to space.

Friends of ANN--Introducing The 'Beyond The Blue' XPRIZE Premier Edition

ANN's Exciting 'Premier Edition' Program Will Help Support XPRIZE Outreach At Oshkosh and Beyond!!!

Finally! We're ready to open the doors and welcome you along as we build a whole New ANN (and a lot more) with the first of a number of products and programs that will enable and empower us toward a better future. ANN is proud to give our readers. listeners, and viewers the chance -- ahead of the massive campaign that will start shortly -- to get their hands on the Collector's Version of the first print run for the Premier Edition of "Beyond The Blue" -- the Ultimate Insider’s Guide To The Tenth Anniversary Of The XPRIZE Revolution. Why go to all the trouble of putting this special program together? Simply put, we have a chance with this summer's 10th