NanoRacks is an exciting space payload firm being launched by commercial space pioneer Jeff Manber (vid). His firm has two NanoRacks payloads in association with Kentucky Space now at the Kennedy Space Center ready to fly to the International Space Station with the scheduled launch of STS-131 Discovery April 5, 2010.
NanoRacks will have commercial and university experiments flying on the remaining four space shuttle flights. It is now looking for commercial space launch agreements for firms using orbital launch pads at Wallops Island, Va. and Cape Canaveral, Fla. Manber, author of the book Selling Peace, was recently featured on The Space Show with host Dr. David Livingston. Last year Manber of featured in the DVD Orphans of Apollo.
Kentucky Space now is a part of the Sub-orbital Cubesat Experimental Mission (vid) at a Wallops Island, Va. launch pad awaiting lift off March 27 or 28, 2010. Kentucky Space is an ambitious non-profit enterprise involving a consortium of universities, public and private organizations to design and lead innovative space missions within realistic budgets and objectives. Kentucky Space was recently featured on NASA-TV.
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