Douglas Messier

Managing Editor, Parabolicarc.com

Douglas Messier is the managing editor of Parabolicarc.com, a daily online blog founded in 2007 that covers space tourism, space commercialization, human spaceflight and planetary exploration. Douglas earned a journalism degree from Rider University in New Jersey as well as a certificate in interdisciplinary space studies from the International Space University. He also earned a master's degree in science, technology and public policy from George Washington University in Washington, D.C.  You can follow Douglas's latest project on Twitter and Parabolicarc.com. 

Latest articles by Douglas Messier

Voyager 1 Entering Interstellar Space Artist’s Concept
NASA's Voyager Probes Still Healthy After Nearly 4 Decades in Space

By Douglas Messier Published

NASA's Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft are still going strong after nearly 37 years in space.

Voyager
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launches the classified spy satellite NROL-67 into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office on April 10, 2014 in a mission that lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Flor
Russian Rocket Engine Ban on US Military Launches Could Affect NASA Spaceflight

By Douglas Messier Published

Human Spaceflight
Bonaccorsi Explains the History of Ubehebe Crater
'MarsFest' Gives Public a Glimpse at Science in the Marslike Death Valley (Photos)

By Douglas Messier Published

Last month, researchers took the public on a tour of some Martian analog sites in California's Death Valley National Park as part of MarsFest 2014.

Mars
Brian Binnie
XCOR Aerospace Hires Private Spaceflight Pioneer Brian Binnie as Senior Test Pilot

By Douglas Messier Published

Aerospace
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo After Successful Glide Test
Virgin Galactic's Private SpaceShipTwo Spacecraft Soars in Glide Test

By Douglas Messier Published

Human Spaceflight
Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Displayed at Career Day
Wanted: Private Spaceship Builders for Virgin Galactic

By Douglas Messier Published

Human Spaceflight
SpaceShipTwo's Rocket Engine in Flight
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Soars in 2nd Rocket-Powered Flight Test

By Douglas Messier Published

Human Spaceflight
Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Blasts Into the Upper Atmosphere
Virgin Galactic's Private Spaceship Offers Enticing Science Opportunities

By Douglas Messier Published

Human Spaceflight
Prospector-18D Rocket Blasts Off
Tiny Satellites Soar (and Crash) in Desert Launch Test

By Douglas Messier Published

Saturday's launch did not go entirely as planned.

Satellites
Near Earth Asteroid Impact Threat
Nuking Dangerous Asteroids Might Be the Best Protection, Expert Says

By Douglas Messier Published

A spacecraft to deliver a nuclear warhead to an asteroid is under study.

Asteroids
Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Blasts Into the Upper Atmosphere space wallpaper
Private Spaceships for Space Tourists to Launch Big Test Flights

By Douglas Messier Published

Virgin Galactic and XCOR Aerospace are on track to do big business soon.

Human Spaceflight
Artist's illustration of XCOR Aerospace's Lynx spacecraft launching with science payload.
'Space Hackers' Take On Citizen Science for Suborbital Spaceflight

By Douglas Messier Published

Commercial vehicles could help make space science accessible to a broad range of people.

Private Spaceflight
Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Blasts Into the Upper Atmosphere
Watching SpaceShipTwo Soar: A Reporter's View of Virgin Galactic's Test Flight

By Douglas Messier Published

See what it was like to watch SpaceShipTwo soar in its first supersonic test flight.

Human Spaceflight
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