Albuquerque company wins $32.5M spaceport contract

A $32.5 million contract to build Spaceport America's terminal and hangar facility has been awarded to a New Mexico firm.

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NM spaceport opening 'hardhat tours' to the public

New Mexico spaceport officials will begin offering paid public tours of the construction site north of Las Cruces. The so-called "hard-hat tours" will begin in December.

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Lockheed Martin launches test flight in New Mexico

Officials say Lockheed Martin successfully launched a test flight vehicle over the weekend at New Mexico's spaceport.

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Ceremony marks New Mexico spaceport launch

A multimillion-dollar spaceport is moving toward construction in the New Mexico desert, a big step for commercial space development and tourists who will suit up for $200,000 suborbital flights.

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New Mexico spaceport wins license

New Mexico's Spaceport America, the anticipated home base for Virgin Galactic's suborbital space tourism operation, has won its launch site license from the Federal Aviation Administration, state officials reported Monday.

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Jeff Bezos Shows Off Spacecraft Test

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is asking engineers to join his fledgling and secretive private aerospace business, breaking a long silence about his operation in a remote section of West Texas by posting photos and videos on the company's Web site of a test launch of a reusable spacecraft.

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Ground has been broken on the construction site of Spaceport America, the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport. Those behind the project say that it will help provide a new chapter in space exploration.

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Residents of Otero County in New Mexico have defeated a Spaceport America tax increase to help build an inland spaceport that will serve as the launching ground for commercial spacecraft.

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As Otero County quickly approaches voting day, it is important to understand the issues related to the proposed Spaceport Gross Receipts Tax Initiative being put before voters.

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Instead of cruising back down to the same place, passengers will be able to go to another spaceport on another continent, the airline executive predicts.

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I feel we are on the cusp of something great here

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Spaceport America is a bit soggy at the moment. The New Mexico spaceport site and surrounding areas is undergoing horrific, monsoon-like rains, breaking 100 year old records.

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Burt Rutan, head of the firm, is chief design maestro leading a spaceliner workforce.

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Spaceport America is under construction in some of the most desolate real estate in New Mexico. But it may soon become the launch pad for commercial space travel.

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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -- From the passenger seat of Bill Gutman's truck, Spaceport America looks more John Ford than Jetsons. No gleaming buildings, no space-age machinery, just a few strips of concrete, two portable office buildings and 27 square miles of scrubby cactus.

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Destined to resume construction of the International Space Station, the Atlantis astronauts this week face a key pre-launch test - a practice countdown at Kennedy Space Center.

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The hypersonic jet set is stoking a race to build spaceports from Singapore to Sheboygan.

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Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson, plan for consumer flights from New Mexico to outer space in sleek new spacecraft.

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