How do you Mine a Valuable Asteroid Rock Pile?
With Karen Daniels Karen Daniels of NCSU talks rocks in space, and how to get them back to Earth forever changing the global economy. Connect: Twitter: https://twitter.com/karenedanielsOn the Web:...
View ArticleNew Agreement with NASA
Above Space Development Corporation Announces New Umbrella Space Act Agreement With NASA HUNTSVILLE, AL…July 14, 2023 – Above Space Development Corporation has signed an Umbrella Space Act Agreement...
View ArticleIs ANYONE out THERE?
With Graham Lau Dr. Graham Lau from Blue Marble Space about the search for extraterrestrial life in our solar system and beyond. Connect: Website: Cosmobiota.comTwitter: @cosmobiologist...
View ArticleAfrica and the Dreams of Space
By Bob Kihara We are in the age of information, awareness and discovery. An epoch endowed with so much dissemination of knowledge than at any other time in the modern history of humankind. Africa,...
View ArticleAfrican Dreams of Space
With Bob Kihara Bob Kihara, Kenyan poet, writer, communicator, space enthusiast and environmentalist talks the future of Africa in space. Africa and the Dreams of Space Speaker Bio: Bob Kihara is a...
View ArticleWhat Does Access Really Mean?
Space for All – Part Two: If you have ever experienced a disability on Earth, whether permanent or temporary, you know that the social and physical environment around you can help or hinder your...
View ArticleArchimedes Orbital System Showcases Successful Applications of Directed Energy
At a lab bench test last week, Electric Sky wirelessly powered a laser carried on the Above Archimedes platform which can be scaled to enable ‘electrical substations’ in space. Above: Space CTO Tom...
View ArticleSpace Industry Survival: Balancing Vision and Reality
If you ask most of those involved in the space industry what the ultimate goal might be, they would say something like “human expansion into the solar system,” or “large-scale space migration.” They...
View ArticleAbove Launching Tests to ISS in March, 2024
Falcon 9 and Dragon lift off from Launch Pad 39A for CRS-10 by Official SpaceX Photos is licensed under CC-BY-NC 2.0 Above: Orbital Will Launch its Proprietary Materials to the International Space...
View ArticleA Flurry of Space Activity
by Frank White Over the span of a few days in May 2023, two “space tourism” missions left the Earth with very different technologies, passengers, and destinations. Virgin Galactic flew its first crewed...
View ArticleAn 18th Sustainable Development Goal
On September 15, I was honored to participate, representing the Human Space Program, in a meeting held in New York City (and virtually), launching a campaign to ask the United Nations to add an 18th...
View Article2023 Diversity Award Winner
2023 Diversity Award Winner Announcement Speaker Bio: Above Space believes that “Space is for Everyone.” While we are an early stage company that is currently reflective of the historical make-up of...
View ArticleNASA Does the Right Thing: Chooses Crew Dragon for Safety
NASA made the right choice when they elected to bring Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home next February on a Crew Dragon instead of on the troubled Starliner spacecraft, which is still docked at the...
View ArticleNS-26 and Polaris Dawn: Polar Opposites or Siblings?
On August 29, 2024, Blue Origin’s NS-26 spaceflight took six people into outer space and then brought them back in about 11 minutes. The flight launched and landed on time and experienced no...
View ArticleVISIMO LLC to Test AI Data System on ABOVE Mission
Falcon 9 and Dragon Vertical at Pad 39A by Official SpaceX Photos is licensed under CC-BY-NC 2.0 VISIMO LLC to Test Autonomous AI Data System on ABOVE Space Development Corp. Payload Mission...
View ArticleFrom Mission to Migration: Opportunities in 2025
Looking Ahead to 2025 As 2024 winds down, and space advocates begin imagining what might happen in 2025, we can look ahead to a variety of missions, from more Starship launches by SpaceX to the first...
View ArticleA Pivot to Mars? Part 1
Photo by Aaron Kittredge on Pexels.com President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration speech held few surprises.For the most part, he restated themes developed in his first term as president and in his...
View ArticleA Pivot to Mars? Part 2
The Feasibility of Reaching Mars by 2030 Photo by Edvin Richardson on Pexels.com In Part One of this series, we asked the question, “Can the United States fulfill President Trump’s pledge to plant the...
View ArticlePrometheus Flint – Offering on orbit services
Artistic rendering of a photo of Prometheus Flint (pre launch) on orbit Above Space Hosting Prometheus Flint Satellite Capabilities Featuring On Orbit Data Processing Facility and Earth Observation...
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