NASA's flight opportunities program

Got an experiment you want to fly suborbital then apply to NASA's flight opportunities program



The NASA Office of the Chief Technologist (OCT) Flight Opportunities Program intends to mature towards flight readiness status new crosscutting technologies that advance or enable multiple future space missions. To facilitate this goal, NASA is providing access to certain flight opportunities available to the Agency, on a no-exchange-of funds basis, to entities that have technology payloads meeting specified criteria.

Proposal Schedule for Virgin Galactic Flight Opportunity:
AFO #6 Proposals Due Dec 21, 2012
AFO #6 Selections (tentative) Feb 28, 2013

All details can be found here -
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId=%7B0A6C5D60-20F3-E7FE-D4A3-710AE8AA43B6%7D&path=open

Space shuttle Endeavour flying over the Capitol this morning in Austin, TX. See more photos from our staff:http://bit.ly/RCBxJK. Read about the fly over:http://bit.ly/Qo93a3

Photo by Alberto Martinez/American-Statesman.

The Orion Capsule Parachute Assembly Team (CPAS) loads the Parachute Test Vehicle (PTV) onto a C-17 aircraft at Yuma International Airport in advance of the parachute drop test on Wednesday morning. The PTV's shape allows the team to create wake conditions similar to those produced by Orion during reentry. — with Vipul Aggarwal, Masoud Ahmadi, Igrua Aspirantsand 20 others.