New Mexico Adopts Space Flight Informed Consent Act .

Concrete Phase of Runway Begins at Spaceport America .

Construction Contract Awarded For Spaceport America's Terminal Hangar Facility

Internal Road Construction Contract Awarded For Spaceport America

Spaceport welcome center planned for downtown Truth or Consequences

Spaceport America Hardhat Tours Announced at ISPCS

Spaceport America Seeks Bids For Terminal Hangar Facility Construction

Sierra Electric Cooperative To Power Spaceport America

Up Aerospace, Lockheed Martin Launch from Spaceport America 

Spaceport America Runway makes progress 

Spaceport America Seeks Bids for On-Site Electrical System

Successful Launch From Spaceport America by Up Aerospace, MOOG-FTS,

NMSA Overview Sheet

Virgin Galactic Mothership "EVE" Flys Over Las Cruces, New Mexico,

To download the Spaceport America Ground Breaking Press Release,

Spaceport America Installs Lunar Lander Launch Pads,

To download the Spaceport America Ground Breaking Press Kit,

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UpAerospace Space Loft

Rocket on launch rail at Spaceport America

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Spaceport America Terminal & Hangar Facility

Facts and Figures

Western zone of the Terminal & Hanger Facility
Houses support and administrative facilities for Virgin Galactic and the New Mexico Spaceport Authority.

Central zone of the Terminal & Hanger Facility
Operational heart of the facility containing the double-height hangar to store WhiteKnightTwo & SpaceShipTwo

Eastern zone of the Terminal & Hanger Facility
Principal operational training area, departure lounge, spacesuit dressing rooms, and celebration areas. The restaurant and mission control room have direct east views across the apron, runway and landscape beyond. 

Site Area: 670,000 sq. ft. including apron 
Terminal Hangar Facility Gross Area: 110,152 sq. ft.

Net Area: 

Western Zone: 25,597 sq.ft.

Hangar: 47,000 sq. ft.

Public Viewing Gallery: 4,000 sq. ft.

Eastern Zone: 29,419 sq. ft.
Viewing Balcony: 1,712 sq. ft.

Number of floors: 3 
Highest point: 60 feet

Sustainability - Designed to achieve LEED Gold

• Earth Tubes under the earth berm to cool the building 
• Solar thermal panels
• Underfloor radiant cooling and heating 
• Natural ventilation in mid season 

Scheduled construction completion date: End of 2010 or early 2011

Note: Please use the following image credit with any WhiteKnightTwo images listed below: Courtesy of Spaceport America.