A company developing its own human-passenger suborbital program recently managed to achieve a significant milestone in its efforts, when it successfully tested a reusable rocket from Spaceport America, in New Mexico. This installation is heralded as the first commercial spaceport dedicated exclusively to private comp... |
19 December 2011
09:26 GMT |
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Officials at Virgin Galactic are proud to announce that their private spacecraft was recently able to finish a long test flight, which topped off all other such endeavors to date. The space plane is being developed to carry paying passengers to the edge of space, on suborbital joy rides.The new drop tests took place ... |
23 April 2011
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Officials at Virgin Galactic, one of the world's leading private spaceflight companies, announce that their SpaceShipTwo suborbital aircraft managed to successfully complete a new drop and glide test. This is yet another important milestone that Virgin waltzes past, in preparation for beginning commercial space ... |
14 January 2011
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On Friday, October 22, officials at Spaceport America participated in a ceremony to inaugurate the facility's main runway. This is the first spaceport to be constructed in the United States specifically for commercial spaceflight.To mark the occasion, Virgin Galactic did a flyover with its SpaceShipTwo craft, wh... |
23 October 2010
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While only a stuff of fantasy some years ago, Spaceport America is currently becoming a hard reality. In the remote deserts of New Mexico, bulldozers and similar machines are constructing the world's first purpose-built spaceport, a facility designed to accommodate the needs of horizontal landings and take-offs... |
28 January 2010
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Next Monday, Virgin Galactic will unveil its new space plane design. Constructed specifically to deliver paying passengers to suborbital altitudes, at the fringes of outer space, the innovative craft, known as SpaceShipTwo, is bound to make a sensation. The luxurious vehicle will therefore be the base of the company&... |
5 December 2009
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Saturday, October 10, the private companies Lockheed Martian and UP Aerospace launched for the first time a new vehicle from Spaceport America. The announcement was made by officials at the New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA), who added that the event was private and non-publicized at the request of Lockheed Marti... |
14 October 2009
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Spaceport America will be the first facility in the world to be dedicated solely to commercial, suborbital spaceflight. It will be constructed in New Mexico, the United States, and its groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled to take place today, June 19th, at its designated construction site. Already, reports show, hund... |
19 June 2009
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Who would have thought just a few decades ago that space flight would be ramping up so abruptly? We're talking about sending probes and landers anywhere in the solar system and far beyond, or even going to the Moon or Mars. And with things evolving at such a fast pace, who can tell what we'll be able to do ... |
18 December 2008
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