In an interview with a US news station, Richard Branson has revealed this he'll be taking his kids up with him when the first Virgin Galactic edge-of-space planes start running next year -- but a mission to Mars is his new ultimate fantasy. Read More >>
Virgin Atlantic has come up with an ingenious way to get us all flying to San Francisco every weekend, offering the flyer who racks up the most air miles this year a seat on the Virgin Galactic space plane. Read More >>
Featured comment by Grr Argh:
"Do you actually have to make the flights to get the air miles or just pay for them? Because doing the math this could be a cheap way to get on a Virgi..." More »
Looks like we're missing this target, but no fret, Branson and co. have announced the scheduled departure of the first Virgin Galactic space flight on board SpaceShipTwo. Read More >>
Featured comment by beardyman:
"Not sure how far Branson is 'pulling his finger out'
From 2008:
"Virgin Galactic was predicting that it would begin flight testing in 2008 and make ..." More »
After a series of successful non-powered test flights, Virgin Galactic's ready to start firing up its rocket engines for full-power test runs in 2012. Which could mean those rich ticket owners may get to go sub-orbital very soon indeed. Read More >>
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