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Space Tourists Won't Be the Only Ones Riding New Generation of Suborbital...
Suborbital Science Dr. Marsh Cuttino (left) practices inserting an endotracheal breathing tube on a METI Human Simulator in microgravity aboard the NASA KC-135 Parabolic aircraft. courtesy NASA...
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Video: Virgin's VSS Enterprise Makes its First Crewed Test Flight
VSS Enterprise Taking a Spin with Mothership Eve Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic just released some nice video of its latest SpaceShipTwo (aka VSS Enterprise) test flight, the first with the...
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Video: Virgin Galactic's Enterprise Makes Maiden Manned Flight
Gliding Home SpaceShipTwo glides to a landing in the Mojave Desert. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic's space plane made its first manned glide flight on 10/10/10, proving the spaceship's airworthiness...
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Video: Virgin Galactic, Plus Special Guest, Dedicates Spaceport America and...
Spaceport America's Dedication New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Virgin Galactic's Sir Richard Branson pose for the cameras as White Knight Two and SpaceShipTwo pass overhead. Didn't receive your...
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Construction Begins on America's First Commercial Spaceship Factory
The Spaceship Company Breaks Ground in Mojave Virgin Galactic Who says America isn't a manufacturing economy anymore? The country has already dedicated her first commercial spaceport, and yesterday...
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Scientists Book Trips Aboard Private Spaceships, In An Industry First
SpaceShipTwo Courtesy Virgin Galactic The commercial space industry has booked its first science expeditions, the Southwest Research Institute announced today. At least two researchers have tickets to...
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Is the Ending of the Shuttle Program a Setback for Space Science, Or a New...
Blue Origin's Goddard The Goddard capsule, a test vehicle in Blue Origin's New Shepard program, heads back to the barn after its first test flight. Blue Origin Besides amateur camera-balloons, it's...
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Video: Virgin's SpaceShipTwo Makes Its First 'Feathering' Flight
VSS Enterprise, Feathering Clay Center Observatory/Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic just keeps on ticking off the milestones on its way to becoming the first commercial company to take tourists on...
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NASA Picks Seven Commercial Spaceships for the Next Generation of Suborbital...
SpaceShipTwo Courtesy Virgin Galactic The new post-shuttle NASA has said it aims to work more cooperatively with private space industry and outside sources of innovation in writing the next chapter in...
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NASA's Shuttle Chief Will Manage Spaceflight Operations at Virgin Galactic
Mike Moses Speaks to Space Shuttle Employees Earlier this Year Gianni Woods/NASA NASA has gone to great lengths to seed and cultivate the commercial space industry over the past few years, but it may...
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Virgin Galactic Announces Completion of Spaceport America, the World's First...
Virgin Galactic Spaceport Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic and its thoroughly British CEO, Richard Branson, announced another milestone on their way to opening the world's first commercial spaceport:...
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Predictions for 2012: Garage Rocketeers Approach Orbit
Garage Rocketeers Todd Baxter in 2012, two large, well-funded companies, Virgin Galactic and SpaceX, will begin making regular journeys to suborbital and orbital space, commencing the post-NASA era of...
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Virgin Galactic Unveils Its Satellite-Launching Rocket, Will Be Lofted Into...
Virgin's WhiteKnightTwo Carrying LauncherOne Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic officially entered the satellite launch business this morning at the Farnborough International Air Show when founder Sir...
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Virgin Galactic's Spaceship Flies On Rocket Power For First Time [Updated...
SpaceShipTwo Rocket Burn SpaceShipTwo's hybrid rocket motor burning, as seen from the spacecraft's boom camera. Virgin Galactic Spaceliner Virgin Galactic dropped a spaceship into the sky above the...
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The Next Reality TV Prize: A Trip To Space
Virgin Shuttle Virgin Galactic Now that Bill Nye has been unfairly removed from the travesty of a television program Dancing With the Stars, there is a strange, science-y, reality TV show-shaped hole...
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Virgin Galactic Gets FAA Approval For Commercial Launches
Spaceport America Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic is in the clear, so to speak. The commercial spaceflight company has signed an agreement with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration that lays out...
View ArticleVirgin Galactic Announces Completion of Spaceport America, the World's First...
Virgin Galactic and its thoroughly British CEO, Richard Branson, announced another milestone on their way to opening the world's first commercial spaceport: Construction is…
View ArticlePredictions for 2012: Garage Rocketeers Approach Orbit
in 2012, two large, well-funded companies, Virgin Galactic and SpaceX, will begin making regular journeys to suborbital and orbital space, commencing the post-NASA era of…
View ArticleVirgin Galactic Unveils Its Satellite-Launching Rocket, Will Be Lofted Into...
Virgin Galactic officially entered the satellite launch business this morning at the Farnborough International Air Show when founder Sir Richard Branson unveiled LauncherOne,…
View ArticleVirgin Galactic's Spaceship Flies On Rocket Power For First Time [Updated...
Spaceliner Virgin Galactic dropped a spaceship into the sky above the Mojave Desert this morning and -- for the first time -- ignited the spacecraft's hybrid rocket engine…
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