{"id":1236,"date":"2013-05-19T00:01:57","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T00:01:57","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-05-19T00:01:57","modified_gmt":"2013-05-19T00:01:57","slug":"new-mexico-governor-announces-new-spaceport-america-tenant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/new-mexico\/new-mexico-governor-announces-new-spaceport-america-tenant\/%20","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico Governor Announces New Spaceport America Tenant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Governor Susana Martinez today announced that Space Exploration Technologies <\/span>Corporation, or SpaceX, has signed a three-year agreement to lease land and facilities at <\/span>Spaceport America to conduct the next phase of flight testing for its reusable rocket program. <\/span>The company will be a new tenant at Spaceport America, the state-owned commercial launch <\/span>site located in southern New Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“I am thrilled that SpaceX has chosen to make New Mexico its home, bringing their revolutionary “Grasshopper” rocket and new jobs with them,” Governor Martinez said today. <\/span>“We’ve done a lot of work to level the playing field so we can compete in the space industry. <\/span>This is just the first step in broadening the base out at the Spaceport and securing even more <\/span>tenants. I’m proud to welcome SpaceX to New Mexico.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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SpaceX has completed its first series of successful, low-altitude tests of the “Grasshopper” vehicle in McGregor, Texas and is proceeding to the next phase of development that includes <\/span>testing in New Mexico. With Grasshopper, SpaceX engineers are creating technology that will <\/span>enable a rocket to return to the launch pad intact for a vertical landing, rather than burning up <\/span>upon reentry in the Earth’s atmosphere.<\/span><\/p>\n

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SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell said, “Spaceport America offers us the physical and regulatory landscape needed to complete the next phase of Grasshopper testing. We are <\/span>pleased to expand our reusable rocket development infrastructure to New Mexico.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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The New Mexico Spaceport Authority has been readying the world’s first purpose-built, commercial spaceport specifically for leading-edge programs like Grasshopper.Christine Anderson, the NMSA Executive Director, said, “We are excited that SpaceX is coming to Spaceport America, where our first-class service will empower them to focus their full attention on their mission.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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SpaceX manufactures, and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the <\/span>ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets. Today, SpaceX is advancing the <\/span>boundaries of space technology through its Falcon launch vehicles and Dragon <\/span>spacecraft. SpaceX is a private company owned by management and employees, with minority <\/span>investments from Founders Fund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Valor Equity Partners. The <\/span>company has more than 3,000 employees in California, Texas, Washington D.C. and <\/span>Florida. For more information, visit SpaceX.com, and follow SpaceX on Facebook and Twitter: <\/span>@SpaceX.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Spaceport America is the first purpose-built, commercial spaceport in the world. The launch complex has been providing commercial vertical launch services since 2006, and is situated on <\/span>18,000 acres adjacent to the U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range in southern New <\/span>Mexico. Virgin Galactic is the spaceport’s anchor tenant.<\/span><\/p>\n

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SpaceX Media contact: David Wilson @ 575-640-8228 or dwilson@zianet.com<\/o:p><\/p>\n

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