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Officials with Virgin Galactic, the company developing the SpaceShipTwo suborbital aircraft, say that the vehicle's first powered flight could occur by the end of this year. If the test is successful, then commercial rides to the edge of space could begin as early as 2013 or 2014.
The suborbital aircraft can r... |
29 February 2012
03:31 GMT |
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The CEO and president of private suborbital spaceflight company Virgin Galactic, George Whitesides, announced on January 20 that the WhiteKnightTwo / SpaceShipTwo combo is nearly ready to enter commercial use. The two aircraft will take paying passengers on suborbital joyrides.
The company has taken an innovative ap... |
4 February 2012
05:40 GMT |
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This video released by officials at Virgin Galactic shows the SpaceShipTwo being dropped from its WhiteKnightTwo aircraft carrier for a critical drop test. This is the method through which the spacecraft will separate from its carrier, before it ignites its engines and flies to the edge of space. SpaceShipTwo is the ... |
4 November 2011
06:59 GMT |
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Officials from Virgin Galactic are thinking of using a James Bond movie as inspiration for designing spacesuits to be worn by passengers on their SpaceShipTwo spacecraft. The machines are scheduled to provide paying customers with suborbital joyrides starting in 2013.
The company is currently still developing its v... |
26 October 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Officials from private spaceflight company Virgin Galactic announced yesterday, October 13, that the American space agency has just signed a $4.5 million contract for renting several seats on upcoming suborbital flights. The sorties will be flown with the SpaceShipTwo. Virgin and Scaled Composites are currently build... |
14 October 2011
11:08 GMT |
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In a ceremony held on September 19 at the Mojave Air and Space Port, in California, officials from private spaceflight company Virgin Galactic announced the opening of the company's Final Assembly, Integration and Test Hangar (FAITH).
The new structure will house the installations and personnel needed to cons... |
12 October 2011
09:01 GMT |
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Officials at Virgin Galactic say that the space tourism company will enter a hiatus of sorts during the summer, as far as testing their spacecraft concept goes. During this break, engineers will get ready to begin the next stage of demo flights, before the vehicle becomes operational.The company is developing the Spa... |
29 July 2011
09:39 GMT |
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Virgin Galactic appears to have indeed built one of the most impressive, private spacecraft ever. Their SpaceShipTwo, and its carrier WhiteKnightTwo, are now completing one successful test flight after another, validating systems and performances ahead of entering active use.
The aircraft duo is designed to take ... |
25 June 2011
03:55 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
05:01 GMT |
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Accompanied by the Virgin America aircraft “My Other Ride Is a Spaceship,” a private spacecraft developed by Virgin Galactic flew over San Francisco, California on Wednesday, April 6. The flight marked the inauguration of the new Terminal 2 facility. Located at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO... |
7 April 2011
08:51 GMT |
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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
18:01 GMT |
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Engineering teams at private space company Virgin Galactic are currently working very hard on getting their suborbital spacecraft ready to fly commercially, with paying passengers. Though that has not yet materialized, the corporation is already eying orbital flights, but keeps mum about it. The SpaceShipTwo – ... |
30 November 2010
03:11 GMT |
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Officials at Virgin Galactic announced that their SpaceShipTwo suborbital space plane managed to carry out its first successful solo test flight yesterday, October 10.The flight, which saw the aircraft being released by its WhiteKnightTwo carrier, took place above the California-based Mojave Air and Space Port.Though... |
11 October 2010
04:22 GMT |
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British billionaire Sir Richard Branson's company Virgin Galactic is on the fast-track towards becoming the first privately-owned corporation to provide suborbital spaceflights on its own ships. Engineers at the company have been testing various spacecraft for many years, but the beginning of a new age in space ... |
21 July 2010
03:08 GMT |
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The private company Virgin Galactic, which has recently taken huge strides towards becoming the first entity to provide affordable access to suborbital altitudes, has another reason to be proud. Yesterday, March 22, it conducted the first of a series of test flights, aimed at assessing the performances of the SpaceSh... |
23 March 2010
04:12 GMT |
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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
02:53 GMT |
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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
05:03 GMT |
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The direct descendant of the X Prize winner of 2004 SpaceShipOne has been revealed yesterday at New York, and it seems that the design phase took some unexpected twists. Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket plane will be carried and dropped at altitudes of about 15 kilometers into the Earth's atmosphere wi... |
24 January 2008
06:49 GMT |
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