Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SIERRA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – With commercial space flights becoming increasingly common, New Mexico has made its way into ...

LAS CRUCES — For seven years, the world’s largest annual college-level rocket competition drew thousands of visitors to Las Cruces and to New Mexico’s taxpayer-built spaceport in Sierra County — ...

(LAS CRUCES, NM)–Spaceport America congratulates SpaceX on today’s successful rendezvous and docking of their Dragon spacecraft with the International Space Station (ISS), the first ever by a private, ...

Virgin Galactic officials doubled down on their commitment to Spaceport America, telling a legislative committee on Friday that it plans to build a new $30 million hangar that would house a mothership ...

Josh Dorfman and AJ Rehberg, Co-founders of the Great American Flag Preservation Group, transported this world’s second-largest American flag to Spaceport America where it was unfurled, cleaned, and ...

UPHAM, NM – With New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, Spaceport America officials and supporters of commercial space development in attendance, the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport ...

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. — A new study from New Mexico State University shows Spaceport America is making a big economic impact on the state. According to the NMSU Arrowhead Center study, the ...

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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Spaceport America is the first purpose-built commercial spaceport in the world — but its executive director has a portfolio of ideas to further grow the launch complex. Already ...

Every few months, I hear a familiar line: Spaceport America is a failure. A “white elephant.” A boondoggle that should be sold or shut down. I understand the skepticism. A homegrown spaceport is a big ...