Tag Archives: Scaled Composites

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Enterprise’s first (captive) flight

The first captive-carry test flight of Virgin Galactic's VSS Enterprise took place today. The spaceship is the first to be built to fly paying tourists into space... Read more [...]

Branson and Rutan unveil WhiteKnightTwo

Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson and Scaled Composites' Burt Rutan unveiled the carrier airplane which will be the backbone of VG's planned space tourism venture... Read more [...]

SpaceShipTwo more than half complete; soon to fly passengers into space

The follow-on ship to the one which won the X-Prize may be ready for test flights late this year, and passengers by 2010. Richard Branson and Burt Rutan revealed the designs... Read more [...]

Northrup Grumman buys Scaled Composites; and in an unrelated story, explosion kills three employees

Two unrelated stories, the second drawing attention the first. An explosion during a SpaceShipTwo construction test killed three employees of Scaled Composites. The event drew attention to last week's announcement that Northrup Grumman is buying out the entire company... Read more [...]

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Tag Archives: Scaled Composites

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Enterprise’s first (captive) flight

Branson and Rutan unveil WhiteKnightTwo

SpaceShipTwo more than half complete; soon to fly passengers into space

Northrup Grumman buys Scaled Composites; and in an unrelated story, explosion kills three employees