Spaceport America (https://www.spaceportamerica.com) is the first purpose-built commercial spaceport in the world. The FAA-licensed launch complex, situated on 18,000 acres adjacent to the U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico, has a rocket friendly environment of 6,000 square miles of restricted airspace, low population density, a 12,000-foot by 200-foot runway, vertical launch complexes, and about 340 days of sunshine and low humidity. Some of the most respected companies in the commercial space industry are tenants at Spaceport America: Virgin Galactic, HAPSMobile/ AeroVironment, UP Aerospace, and SpinLaunch. Other customers include Boeing, EXOS Aerospace and C6 Launch Systems.
External link for Spaceport America
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Spaceport America Boulevard
Spaceport America, New Mexico 87654-3210, US
Fostering industry interest in the next generation of aerospace and space professionals 🚀 We welcomed a group of nearly 100 ninth-grade students from Hobbs, N.M., to site earlier this week. If you're an educator and looking for an out-of-this-world learning experience for your students, make sure to think of us ✨
Congrats to AeroVironment for its successful flight test of the HORUS HAPS system 🤝 We're proud to celebrate the achievements of our tenants as they continuously redefine what's possible in the aerospace and space fields 🚀
AV successfully flight-tested HORUS A, a new solar-powered High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) capable of carrying up to 150 lb of payload with 1.5 kW of available power, offering industry-leading stratospheric performance. During this recent flight, AV’s engineering team demonstrated the ability to carry multiple payloads for the U.S. DoD and transmit real-time data, advancing the viability of HAPS for government applications. https://lnkd.in/grY7wGET
Flying high today 🚀 ✈️ The 2024 Las Cruces Air & Space Expo at the Las Cruces Airport was the place to be today! Couldn’t make it? No provlem - the event will run from 10 am-4 pm Sunday, too, courtesy of City of Las Cruces and Visit Las Cruces ✨
Fun Friday at site today 🚀 The Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Las Cruces group were welcomed to site by Spaceport America and Virgin Galactic personnel for a one-of-a-kind site visit ✨ It was a treat to welcome these civic leaders to our site!
NewSpace Nexus 🤝 Arrowhead Center: New Mexico State University 🤝 Southern New Mexico 🚀 Uniting & igniting the new space industry is the goal of one of our Space Valley partners, NewSpace Nexus, and today that organization has expanded to southern New Mexico ✨ Congratulations to NSN, and here's to more collaborations to come!
As we close out the World Space Week Association's World Space Week today, let's highlight VSS Unity, which has been retired from space flights 🚀 Our anchor tenant Virgin Galactic's spaceship took 11 total trips to space including eight during a 13-month span from May of 2023 through early June of 2024 ✨
One of the goals of World Space Week (Oct. 4-10, 2024) and the World Space Week Association is to provide unique leverage in space outreach & education ✨ Today, as part of his annual visit to all middle schools in Las Cruces, our (semi) retired Director of Aerospace Operations Dr. Bill Gutman presented experiments and videos of Spaceport America operations (rocket launches and commercial spaceflights) to students at Lynn Middle School as part of our ongoing educational outreach 🚀
The World Space Week Association has done an excellent job at making World Space Week a globally recognized celebration of all things space ✨ Here in New Mexico, we continue to do our part by engaging in various outreach initiatives throughout the year 🚀 As a reminder, World Space Week runs from October 4-10, 2024 🌕
It's World Space Week (Oct. 4-10) and today we're highlighting the recent success of one of our tenants 🚀 UP AEROSPACE INC conducted its 21st suborbital launch from our site last week. Check out the full recap of the launch and celebrate World Space Week with the World Space Week Association ✨ 📰 | https://bit.ly/4dETbNg
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We had a fantastic time at the Spaceport America Open House hosted with the City of Las Cruces Space Festival, featuring aircraft displays, a hot air balloon, and a great community turnout of 2,000 visitors! Highlights included presentations by former NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut Nicole Stott, our own CJ Sturckow, and NM Lieutenant Governor Howie Morales, along with tours of VSS Unity and a rocket motor display. Fun fact: CJ was Nicole’s commander on her first flight to space 15 years ago!