Virgin Galactic VSS Unity Completes First Supersonic Rocket-Powered Flight “SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity has safely and successfully completed her first supersonic, rocket-powered flight. After two years of extensive ground and atmospheric […]
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Rising Above Tragedy – It Has Happened Before
Past Transit Tragedies Point to a Way Forward for Virgin Galactic, Smithsonian “Private spaceflight hit a large bump in the road to orbit last week, with Orbital Sciences’ rocket explosion […]
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Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Lost In Accident
#SpaceShipTwo has experienced an in-flight anomaly. Additional info and statement forthcoming. — Virgin Galactic (@virgingalactic) October 31, 2014 Marc’s note: According to CNN, SpaceShipTwo’s engine started and ran for a […]
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Reining in Richard Branson
Virgin Galactic Delays First Commercial Flights to 2015, Space News “… That timeline represents a delay from statements Branson made as recently as last month. In an interview with USA […]
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Virgin Tests LauncherOne Engine
Virgin Galactic Conducts Successful Test Firings of LauncherOne Liquid Rocket Engine “As part of a rapid development program, Virgin Galactic has now hot-fired both a 3,500 lbf thrust rocket engine […]
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How Green is Virgin Galactic?
Max Luke and Jenna Mukuno: Boldly Going Where No Greens Have Gone Before, Wall Street Journal “When you include the energy of the entire Virgin Galactic operation, which includes support […]
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Going Suborbital at NASTAR
Space science: Along for the ride, Nature “Three days after Discovery ‘s launch … two planetary scientists are talking with a group of fellow researchers about what should come next. […]
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Virgin's VSS Enterprise Makes First Manned Glide Flight
VSS Enterprise Completes First Manned Glide Flight “10th October 2010, Mojave, CA. Virgin Galactic, the US company developing the world’s first commercial manned space flight system and tourism business, is […]
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VSS Enterprise Flies Over Mojave
First Captive Carry Flight for Virgin’s “Enterprise” “VSS Enterprise completes her first captive carry… Virgin Galactic announced today that VSS Enterprise has completed her inaugural captive carry flight from Mojave […]