Tag Archives: Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic’s Gateway to Space terminal is dedicated by Sir Richard Branson and New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez

Sir Richard Branson and New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez dedicate the Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space and New Science and Education Customers to Bring Benefits of Space Access to Students and Researchers... Read more [...]

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 SpaceShipTwo

Sir Richard Branson and Burt Rutan are unveiling SpaceShipTwo, the first commercial spaceship that will take 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 [...]

New Entrant in the Space Tourism Business

Astrium revealed their plans for a vehicle for space tourism that looks remarkably like a business jet, but with a rocket engine in the back. Their plan is to launch... Read more [...]

Stephen Hawking Going Weightless

Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking is scheduled to fly a zero-gravity flight in April, and may be flying into space in three years. Read more [...]

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