NASTAR Center

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On October 5, 2007, Environmental Tectonics Corporation announced the grand opening of the National Aerospace Training and Research Center (NASTAR Center).

The NASTAR Center officially opened for business October 5, on the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik, which initiated the space age. The NASTAR Center is prepared to become a significant contributor to the next fifty years of the space age, during which private space travel is projected to grow substantially

The NASTAR Center was named the official space training provider for Virgin Galactic. Virgin Galactic's Founders, or first 100 paid private space travelers, are currently training for their suborbital space flights at the NASTAR Center.

The NASTAR Center houses state-of-the-art equipment and professional staff to support the training and research needs of the aerospace community, including military aviation (fixed and rotary wing), civil aviation (fixed and rotary wing), space travel (government and private) and research support and data collection. NASTAR Center's equipment and programs are highly modular and flexible and can accommodate a wide range of aerospace training and research requirements.