In case you missed it last night, Virgin Galactic successfully performed its first rocket-powered test flight of the SpaceShipTwo. In other words, space tourism is nigh, and this is what it looks like. Read More >>
The photo you see above was taken on February 28th when the Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites team tested, for the first time, the rocket that will power its first test flight before going into orbit. And it was a raging success. Read More >>
Featured comment by CUThroat:
""the rocket that will power its first test flight before going into orbit. And it was a raging success."
It won't go into orbit, it's a suborbital ..." More »
We haven't heard much out of Richard Branson's intergalactic airline for a while, but apparently we should soon see some actual, edge-of-space Virgin Galactic commercial flights, with paying punters and all. Read More >>
Featured comment by JulianT:
"Actually it will be MI5 as they deal with internal security and according to the satellite I can see you're in London at the moment ;-)" 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 »
Virgin Galactic has a new spaceship: LauncherOne. It's a new air-launched rocket designed to put small satellites into orbit. LauncherOne is a cheap way for universities and private companies to get their own devices orbiting Earth. Read More >>
Times are hard and revenue streams are scarce. We need to stop relying on traditional methods of generating income and look instead to nature. We need to harness the power of our HAIR. Read More >>
According to quotes apparently coming from Simon Cowell today, a deal with Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space tourism venture could see the winner of 2012's Britain's Got Talent sent into space on one of the first private space trips. Read More >>
Richard Branson has officially declared the Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space (previously known as the Spaceport America) is open for business in the New Mexico desert. Spacemen, rev your engines. Read More >>
NASA's space shuttle program may be kaput, but that doesn't mean they've given up their space adventuring entirely: in the future, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo will house research missions for the government organization. Read More >>
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