As far back as 2004, SpaceShipOne broke a number of barriers, when it became the first privately built craft able to reach suborbital heights on its own. Built by Mojave, California-based Scaled Composites, the aircraft was able to secure the $10-million Ansari X Prize, after it performed three successful flights, in... |
5 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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Virgin Galactic is a space tourist firm that has been trying for quite some time now to make the dream of suborbital space flights possible for the wealthy. It plans on doing so by using a craft known as SpaceShipTwo, which is able to achieve impressive heights for a few minutes, before plunging back into the atmosph... |
1 June 2009
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The Virgin Galactic company took a giant leap forward towards its objective – that of carrying tourists in suborbital flights – with the successful testing of the White Knight Two launch platform, an odd-shape airplane that will be the backbone of VG's future fleet. The platform has a double-fuselage... |
22 December 2008
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has signed a collaboration agreement with space craft developer Virgin Galactic (VG) to facilitate its studies of the climate changes on our planet. NOAA monitoring equipment will be placed on board of all VG aircrafts that will be performing orbital flights ... |
3 October 2008
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One of the most expected events of the year regarding suborbital space tourism took place yesterday at Scaled Composites in Mojave with the unveiling of Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo, a jet powered carrier aircraft that will act as a launch pad for the SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane. The event signals the... |
29 July 2008
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