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t/Space (or Transformational Space Corporation) was an American aerospace company which participated in NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS), and later, Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) programs for delivering cargo and crew to the International Space Station.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 36 relations: Aerospace, Air launch, AirLaunch, Antares (rocket), Atlas V, Aviation Week & Space Technology, Bigelow Aerospace, Bigelow Commercial Space Station, Boeing, Boeing 747, Charles A. Duelfer, Chief executive officer, Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, CORONA (satellite), Crew Exploration Vehicle, DARPA, DARPA Falcon Project, Development of the Commercial Crew Program, Falcon 9, International Space Station, James S. Voss, Lockheed Martin, Low Earth orbit, LunaCorp, Moon, NBC News, Northrop Grumman, Privately held company, Reston, Virginia, Rocketplane Kistler, Scaled Composites, Space capsule, SpaceX, Uncrewed spacecraft, United States, Vision for Space Exploration.

  2. Commercial spaceflight
  3. Defunct spaceflight companies
  4. Technology companies established in 2004

Aerospace

Aerospace is a term used to collectively refer to the atmosphere and outer space.

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Air launch

Air launching is the practice of releasing a rocket, missile, parasite aircraft or other aircraft payload from a mother ship or launch aircraft.

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AirLaunch

AirLaunch was an aerospace design and development company headquartered in Kirkland, Washington. T/Space and AirLaunch are aerospace companies of the United States, Defunct spaceflight companies and private spaceflight companies.

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Antares (rocket)

The NASA COTS award was for and Orbital Sciences expected to invest an additional $150 million, split between $130 million for the booster and $20 million for the spacecraft.

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Atlas V

Atlas V is an expendable launch system and the fifth major version in the Atlas launch vehicle family.

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Aviation Week & Space Technology

Aviation Week & Space Technology, often abbreviated Aviation Week or AW&ST, is the flagship magazine of the Aviation Week Network, a division of Informa.

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Bigelow Aerospace

Bigelow Aerospace was an American space design and manufacturing company which closed its doors in 2020. T/Space and Bigelow Aerospace are aerospace companies of the United States and private spaceflight companies.

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Bigelow Commercial Space Station

The Bigelow Next-Generation Commercial Space Station was a private orbital space station under conceptual development by Bigelow Aerospace in the 2000s and 2010s.

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Boeing

The Boeing Company (or simply Boeing) is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide. T/Space and Boeing are aerospace companies of the United States.

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Boeing 747

The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023.

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Charles A. Duelfer

Charles A. Duelfer is Chairman of Omnis, Inc., a consulting firm in aerospace, defense, intelligence, training, and finance.

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Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer (CEO) (chief executive (CE), or managing director (MD) in the UK) is the highest officer charged with the management of an organization especially a company or nonprofit institution.

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Commercial Orbital Transportation Services

Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) was a NASA program to spur the development of private spacecraft and launch vehicles for deliveries to the International Space Station (ISS).

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CORONA (satellite)

The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force.

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Crew Exploration Vehicle

The Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) was a component of the U.S. NASA Vision for Space Exploration plan.

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DARPA

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.

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DARPA Falcon Project

The DARPA FALCON Project (Force Application and Launch from Continental United States) was a two-part joint project between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the United States Air Force (USAF) and is part of Prompt Global Strike.

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Development of the Commercial Crew Program

Development of the Commercial Crew Program (CCDev) began in the second round of the program, which was rescoped from a smaller technology development program for human spaceflight to a competitive development program that would produce the spacecraft to be used to provide crew transportation services to and from the International Space Station (ISS).

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Falcon 9

Falcon 9 is a partially reusable, human-rated, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX.

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International Space Station

The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station assembled and maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada).

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James S. Voss

James Shelton Voss (born March 3, 1949) is a retired United States Army colonel and NASA astronaut.

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Lockheed Martin

The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American aerospace and defense manufacturer with worldwide interests. T/Space and Lockheed Martin are aerospace companies of the United States.

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Low Earth orbit

A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit around Earth with a period of 128 minutes or less (making at least 11.25 orbits per day) and an eccentricity less than 0.25.

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LunaCorp

LunaCorp, was a small but ambitious private company headed by its former president David Gump, established in 1989. T/Space and LunaCorp are Defunct spaceflight companies and private spaceflight companies.

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Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.

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NBC News

NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC.

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Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Corporation is an American multinational aerospace and defense company. T/Space and Northrop Grumman are aerospace companies of the United States.

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Privately held company

A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets.

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Reston, Virginia

Reston is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, and a principal city of both Northern Virginia and the Washington metropolitan area.

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Rocketplane Kistler

Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) was a reusable launch system firm originally based in Oklahoma. T/Space and Rocketplane Kistler are aerospace companies of the United States, Defunct spaceflight companies and private spaceflight companies.

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Scaled Composites

Scaled Composites (often called simply Scaled) is an American aerospace company founded by Burt Rutan and currently owned by Northrop Grumman. T/Space and Scaled Composites are aerospace companies of the United States and private spaceflight companies.

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Space capsule

A space capsule is a spacecraft designed to transport cargo, scientific experiments, and/or astronauts to and from space.

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SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, commonly referred to as SpaceX, is an American spacecraft manufacturer, launch service provider and satellite communications company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. T/Space and spaceX are aerospace companies of the United States and private spaceflight companies.

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Uncrewed spacecraft

Uncrewed spacecraft or robotic spacecraft are spacecraft without people on board.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Vision for Space Exploration

The Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) was a plan for space exploration announced on January 14, 2004 by President George W. Bush.

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See also

Commercial spaceflight

Defunct spaceflight companies

Technology companies established in 2004

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T/Space

Also known as TSpace, Transformational Space, Transformational Space Corporation.