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14 Jan 2020, 6:00 am by Bradford Kuhn
  According to the article, the Mojave Air and Space Port Board of Directors agreed to move ahead with eminent domain for acquiring several vacant parcels of land if negotiations fail. [read post]
18 Jul 2014, 10:11 am by Jeff Foust
(McCarthy’s district includes the Mojave Air and Space Port, home to a number of commercial space companies, including Virgin Galactic and XCOR Aerospace.) [read post]
24 Jun 2014, 8:42 am by Jeff Foust
That interest is, at least in part, because his district includes the Mojave Air and Space Port, a nexus of commercial spaceflight activity. [read post]
17 Nov 2013, 8:13 am by Jeff Foust
(Mojave Air and Space Port is in McCarthy’s district, no doubt helping to explain his interest.) [read post]
14 Aug 2013, 6:07 am by Jeff Foust
“I have seen firsthand how the talented people of East Kern County have grown this industry through technological advancement, and this legislation will help ensure they are not hindered in creating jobs here locally,” said McCarthy, the House Majority Whip whose district includes the Mojave Air and Space Port, in a press release announcing the bill. [read post]
30 Oct 2012, 4:32 pm by Jeff Foust
Update 11/1: Parabolic Arc reports that, contrary to the Albuquerque Journal article, the Mojave Air and Space Port has no plans to hire Richardson. [read post]
8 May 2012, 9:42 am by P.J. Blount
The FAA has made available the Final Environmental Assessment for the Launch and Reentry of SpaceShipTwo Reusable Suborbital Rockets at the Mojave Air and Space Port. [read post]
14 Mar 2012, 8:23 am by P.J. Blount
FAA/AST has released the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Launch and Reentry of SpaceShipTwo Reusable Suborbital Rockets at the Mojave Air and Space Port. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 5:49 am by Jeff Foust
Witt runs the Mojave Air And Space Port, an FAA-licensed spaceport that is the home to a number of entrepreneurial space companies. [read post]
27 Feb 2012, 1:37 pm by P.J. Blount
Export Control System and the President’s Reform Initiative The Moonrock I Did Not Return (Formally) – NASA Watch Mojave Air and Space Port Asks for California State Legislators to Provide Help to Compete – Spaceports Who Owns the Most Space Debris? [read post]
2 Feb 2012, 3:27 am by Jeff Foust
McCarthy, the House majority whip, serves a district that includes the Mojave Air and Space Port, a hub of entrepreneurial space activity. [read post]
25 Jan 2012, 3:55 am by Jeff Foust
In an op-ed published in the Daily Independent newspaper in Ridgecrest, California, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) discusses commercial spaceflight, in particular activities at Mojave Air and Space Port, located in his district. [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 6:45 am by smlangston
That good work continues with these grants to three projects: + $125,000 to the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport to improve security and remote monitoring; + $125,000 to the East Kern Airport District’s Mojave Air and Space Port in California for a Supplemental Environmental Assessment; and + $249,378 to the New Mexico Space Port Authority’s Spaceport America to construct a… [read post]
7 Dec 2010, 5:43 pm by Jeff Foust
In an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle last week, Mojave Air and Space Port general manager Stu Witt and UC Irvine’s Greg Autry contrasted the two on that issue. [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 3:29 am by Jeff Foust
Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) was among those in attendance last week at the groundbreaking of a new facility at the Mojave Air and Space Port where The Spaceship Company, the Virgin Galactic/Scaled Composites joint venture, will build WhiteKnightTwo aircraft and SpaceShipTwo suborbital spacecraft. [read post]
26 Oct 2010, 9:05 am by PJ Blount
The he turned to discussing the Mojave space port, which is intended to service primarily suborbital space tourism activities. [read post]
18 May 2010, 3:58 am by Jeff Foust
According to an op-ed in the Orange County Register by UC Irvine business professor Peter Navarro, with contributions by grad student Greg Autry and Mojave Air and Space Port general manager Stu Witt, the answer is to support both. [read post]
8 Dec 2009, 4:43 am
"Virgin Galactic's unveiling of the SpaceShipTwo rocket plane drew hundreds of paying space tourists and travel agents, rocket geeks and glitterati to the Mojave Air and Space Port. [read post]
4 Feb 2009, 5:20 pm
FEBRUARY 4, 2009 - Two people were injured Wednesday morning when a plane crashed during a training flight at the Mojave Air and Space Port, an FAA spokesman reported. [read post]
29 Jul 2008, 6:07 am by Phil Cameron
July 28, 2008 (AP) The Associated PressVirgin Galactic give sneak peek at its secret space tourism program.The space tourism race marked a milestone Monday as British mogul Sir Richard Branson and American aerospace designer Burt Rutan waved to a crowd from inside the cabin of an exotic jet that will carry a passenger spaceship to launch altitude.The photo-op was the public unveiling of the White Knight Two mothership before a crowd of engineers, dignitaries and space… [read post]