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Dream of going to space? Virgin Galactic just launched commercial flights
1 year, 5 months ago

Dream of going to space? Virgin Galactic just launched commercial flights

LA Times  

Three Italian researchers and a Virgin Galactic employee flew to the edge of space on the company’s first commercial flight. On Thursday, that hype finally became reality when three Italian researchers boarded the VSS Unity space plane as Virgin Galactic’s first paying passengers and flew about four minutes in suborbital space. Business Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson plans to visit space …

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The Titanic sub disaster spotlights another extreme venture: space tourism
1 year, 6 months ago

The Titanic sub disaster spotlights another extreme venture: space tourism

LA Times  

A SpaceX Starship rocket test launch in 2020. Business SpaceX’s new space tourism offer: 5-day flight in Crew Dragon capsule SpaceX teams up with tourism firm Space Adventures, saying a Crew Dragon capsule trip could send private citizens even higher into space. Commercial passengers who strap into a vehicle operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Virgin Galactic Holdings or Blue Origin …

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Virgin Galactic sees delay to space mission with Italian Air Force
3 years, 3 months ago

Virgin Galactic sees delay to space mission with Italian Air Force

The Hindu  

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc on Friday flagged a delay to its first commercial research mission with the Italian Air Force to mid-October due to a potential manufacturing defect. Virgin Galactic said on Friday a third-party supplier warned of a potential manufacturing defect in a component of the flight control system during test flight preparations. The mission was initially set for …

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17 years after founding Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson to fly into space
3 years, 5 months ago

17 years after founding Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson to fly into space

India Today  

He's always dreamed of it, and in 2004 founded his own company to make it happen. On Sunday, billionaire Richard Branson will take off from a base in New Mexico aboard a Virgin Galactic vessel bound for the edge of space. READ: Bezos, Branson put everything on the line as billionaires ride own rockets into space The Amazon founder's great …

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Richard Branson plans space trip ahead of rival billionaire Jeff Bezos
3 years, 5 months ago

Richard Branson plans space trip ahead of rival billionaire Jeff Bezos

ABC  

It's a race between billionaires: British mogul Richard Branson has one-upped rival Jeff Bezos, announcing he will blast beyond the Earth's atmosphere as many as nine days ahead of the Amazon founder. Key points: Billionaire Richard Branson will go into space as early as July 11 Branson plans to travel before Amazon found Jeff Bezos Branson says he will evaluate …

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Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson plans to visit space before Jeff Bezos
3 years, 5 months ago

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson plans to visit space before Jeff Bezos

LA Times  

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson, shown in 2019, said this week that he’s “ready, fit and healthy to go” to space. Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson is aiming to beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos into space by nine days. Branson is to be joined on his flight by Beth Moses, Virgin Galactic’s head astronaut instructor; Colin Bennett, the company’s lead operations …

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Virgin Galactic gets FAA’s OK to launch customers to space
3 years, 5 months ago

Virgin Galactic gets FAA’s OK to launch customers to space

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Virgin Galactic finally has the federal government’s approval to start launching customers into space from New Mexico. Unlike Blue Origin’s and SpaceX’s fully automated capsules launched from the ground by reusable rockets, Virgin Galactic uses a winged spacecraft that launches from the belly of an airplane and requires a pair of pilots. A review of the …

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From Richard Branson to Jeff Bezos, space tourism takes flight
3 years, 6 months ago

From Richard Branson to Jeff Bezos, space tourism takes flight

Live Mint  

About 20 years ago, Dennis Tito, an investment manager and a businessman from Los Angeles, US, paid $20 million to hitch a ride to space. In his new book, Test Gods: Virgin Galactic And The Making Of A Modern Astronaut, The New Yorker journalist Nicholas Schmidle profiles the remarkable story of the engineers, test pilots and visionaries behind one such …

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The Spacecraft That Didn’t Go Anywhere: Virgin Galactic’s Aborted Spacecraft Test Explained
4 years ago

The Spacecraft That Didn’t Go Anywhere: Virgin Galactic’s Aborted Spacecraft Test Explained

News 18  

Virgin Galactic’s latest spacecraft test ended abruptly over the weekend, because of technical issues. But the test flight of the SpaceShipTwo Unity, or VSS Unity, had to be aborted and the craft glided back to earth before it could reach space, because of what the company says is an issue with the rocket motor’s ignition system. It turns out that …

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