The Final Frontier for Citizen Science
/PRNewswire/ - Are you a hardware hacker? Do you have the Right Stuff to become a citizen scientist or citizen astronaut? Here's your chance to find out. Citizen scientists and hardware hackers will...
View ArticleNew Research Platform to Fly on XCOR Lynx Space Plane
/PRNewswire/ - A new payload carrier promises to dramatically reduce the cost of access to space for small scientific and education payloads. The Lynx Cub Payload Carrier was announced today by the...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Space Center to Develop Suborbital Payloads
/PRNewswire/ - The Silicon Valley Space Center will develop four scientific payloads to fly on the XCOR Lynx spacecraft, which is currently under construction in Mojave, California. The payloads will...
View ArticleNew Citizen Astronaut Candidates Announced
/PRNewswire/ - Citizens in Space, a project of the United States Rocket Academy, announced two astronaut candidates at the Space Exploration Educators Conference, which took place here today....
View ArticleOhio Honors Citizen Astronaut Candidate
/PRNewswire/ - Lieutenant Colonel Steve Heck (USAF-ret.) is being honored by the State of Ohio for his work with Citizens in Space, a non-profit project that promotes citizen science and citizen space...
View ArticleFormer Shuttle Astronaut, XCOR Test Pilot to Address Education Conference
/PRNewswire/ - Colonel Rick Searfoss (USAF-ret.) will address teachers at the Space Exploration Educators Conference, which takes place at Space Center Houston on February 7-9, 2013. Colonel Searfoss...
View ArticleCitizens in Space to Present at American Geophysical Union
/PRNewswire/ - Citizens in Space, a project of the United States Rocket Academy, has been invited to present at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, to be held at the Moscone Center in...
View ArticleTexas Teacher May Be Among First Lone Star Astronauts
/PRNewswire/ - Astronauts have lived and trained in Texas for 50 years, but no astronaut has ever flown into space from Texas. That will change in the next few years when XCOR Aerospace begins flights...
View ArticleUnited States Rocket Academy Welcomes XCOR Aerospace to Texas
The United States Rocket Academy welcomed this week's announcement that XCOR Aerospace will establish a new Commercial Space Research and Development Center in Midland, Texas. “Texas is on the verge...
View ArticleCitizen Scientists Seek Microbes at the Edge of Space
A NASA-inspired competition is challenging citizen scientists to build hardware for collecting microorganisms at the edge of space. Citizen scientists can win cash prizes up to $10,000 in the High...
View ArticleCitizen Science and Space Exploration in the Lone Star State
/PRNewswire/ - Space isn't just for governments and large corporations. Citizen scientists and hardware hackers will learn how to do “space on the cheap” at a two-day Space Hacker Workshop in Dallas....
View ArticleGreg Kennedy Selected as Astronaut Candidate
/PRNewswire/ -- Citizens in Space, a project of the United States Rocket Academy, has announced the selection of its fifth citizen-astronaut candidate. Informal educator and aerospace historian Greg...
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