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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Watch Space Force's top secret spaceplane perform 'groundbreaking' orbital maneuver

The Pentagon has kept a tight lid on details about the Space Force's secretive spaceplane that is perpetually flying 500 miles above Earth's surface. Space Force released a video showing the X-37B spacecraft's 'groundbreaking' maneuver The X-37B aircraft is the first of its kind to use the Earth's atmosphere to reach a new level of orbit using an aerobraking procedure …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

A secret Chinese plane is flying in space. No one knows what it does

India Today

China's shadowy, uncrewed reusable spacecraft, which launches atop a rocket booster and lands at a secretive military airfield, is most likely testing technology but could also be used for manipulating or retrieving satellites, experts say. China's spaceplane is most likely testing technology, much like the X-37B, said Victoria Samson, chief director of space security and stability at the Secure World …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

US military's space plane X-37B blasts off on a secretive mission

Hindustan Times

The U.S. military's X-37B space plane has blasted off on another secretive mission that’s expected to last at least a couple of years. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the X-37B spaceplane for the U.S. Space Force lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023. The space plane took off aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket from …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

US military X-37B spaceplane blasts off on another secretive mission

ABC

The US military's X-37B space plane has blasted off on another secretive mission that is expected to last at least a couple of years. Key points: The X-37B took off from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre on Thursday The launch was two weeks late because of technical issues No-one is aboard the X-37B, which has an autonomous landing system Like previous …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Virgin Galactic sends first paying customers to space: Who all flew, What next

Hindustan Times

In a long-awaited commercial debut, Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. on Thursday sent paying customers to the edge of space for the first time, a milestone in the emerging private spaceflight sector. The VSS Unity craft reached space at about 9:30am local time in New Mexico, carrying six people on board, including researchers from the Italian Air Force and the National …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Virgin Galactic’s first commercial space flight safely lands

Al Jazeera

Passengers and crew on VSS Unity rocket plane go for 75-minute suborbital ride to edge of space in landmark flight. Virgin Galactic, the company founded by United Kingdom entrepreneur Richard Branson in 2004, has successfully completed its first commercial flight to the edge of space. Two Italian air force officers and an aerospace engineer from the National Research Council of …

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2 years, 4 months ago

China launches secret reusable spacecraft into low-Earth orbit

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A Long March 2F rocket, which launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre yesterday, is sending a …

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2 years, 10 months ago

‘The holy grail of spaceflight’: Inside the decades-long quest to build a fully reusable spaceplane

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Space Shuttle blasted off vertically, on the back of a giant disposable fuel tank – requiring …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Virgin Galactic will raise ticket prices to fly its spaceplane for four minutes

Firstpost

If you were hoping to buy a ticket to space on one of Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space planes, you’ll probably wish you bought one seven years ago. Michael Colglazier, Virgin Galactic’s chief executive, acknowledged during a call with industry analysts as the company announced its quarterly earnings that the higher price would lead to higher revenues and please shareholders. …

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3 years, 5 months ago

GET, SET, SPACE: IN BRANSON VS BEZOS, WHO’S GOT THE BETTER PLAN AND SUPERIOR VEHICLE?

Firstpost

While Branson will travel as part of a six-person crew onboard the SpaceShipTwo spaceplane, Bezos will be a part of a four-person crew in the New Shepard rocket. Blue Origin, owned by former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, announced it would fly its first crew of astronauts into space on 20 July — the Apollo 11 Moon landing’s 52nd anniversary. After …

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3 years, 5 months ago

VSS Unity: Aeronautical Engineer Shirisha Bandla Becomes 3rd Indian-origin Woman to Fly into Space

News 18

Aeronautical engineer Sirisha Bandla on Sunday became the third Indian-origin woman to fly into space when she joined British billionaire Richard Branson on Virgin Galactic’s first fully crewed suborbital test flight from New Mexico. Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity, as the spaceplane is called, took off for the 1.5-hour mission above New Mexico following a 90-minute delay due to bad weather. …

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4 years ago

Virgin Galactic to launch spaceplane VSS Unity as early as next week

Daily Mail

Virgin Galactic is set to launch its VSS Unity space plane as early as next week - this will be the first flight since coronavirus restrictions were introduced in New Mexico. The flight will launch on or after December 11 from Spaceport America, New Mexico and will include two pilots and an experimental payload for NASA This flight expects to …

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4 years, 3 months ago

China's reusable spaceplane lands at secret airstrip in Lop Nur desert