Late next week Iâll be undertaking my first spaceflight, flying a training and ârisk reductionâ mission funded by my employer, the Southwest research Institute (SwRI). This flight is in preparation […]
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My Suborbital Life Blog 1: Childhoodâs End, Perseverance Pays — S. Alan Stern
Late next week, Iâm scheduled to launch aboard Virgin Galacticâs VSS Unity on a suborbital spaceflight. Iâm not flying as a private astronaut, though, as most VG customers are, but […]
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Virgin Galactic 05 Announced
According to Virgin Galactic The dynamic crew of the âGalactic 05â mission will include:
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Talking About Virgin Galactic On TV
Keith’s note: I just did BBC World TV talking about today’s Virgin Galactic flight. Here’s the [Audio]. I tried to get BBC to buy me a ticket to report from […]
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Virgin Galactic’s Unity Reaches Space
Keith’s note: Virgin Galactic pulled off an apparently flawless flight into space today – two pilots took four commercial passengers into space, they did their science thing, looked out the […]
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FAA Grounds Virgin Galactic
Keith’s note: This is the news Virgin Galactic wanted to focus on today: Virgin Galactic Announces First Commercial Research Mission “Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. … today announced the manifest for […]
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NASAWatch On BBC: Who Gets The FAA Astronaut Wings?
Keith Cowing · NASAWatch on BBC Five Live: Who Gets Astronaut Wings? FAA National Policy: FAA Commercial Space Astronaut Wings Program “Purpose of This Order. This Order provides guidelines, eligibility, […]
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Has NASA Lost Its Mojo?
Opinion: The billionaires’ space efforts may seem tone-deaf, but they’re important milestones, Miles O’Brien, Washington Post “While NASA (and its Pasadena, Calif.-based Jet Propulsion Lab) are unmatched at unmanned space […]
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This pic of @SirishaBandla from apogee yesterday. Holy freaking wow! #unity22 pic.twitter.com/pjHkWRufWI — Jared Zambrano-Stout (@Space_Jared) July 12, 2021