Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic historic flight opens space tourism
With company owner and uber-adventurer Sir Richard Branson on board, Virgin Galactic today announced that VSS Unity successfully reached space,… Read More »
Richard Branson heading for space on Virgin Galactic’s rocket plane
After nearly two decades of overly optimistic forecasts, technical challenges, a tragic setback and a determined recovery, Richard Branson, the… Read More »
What Virgin Galactic’s historic flight means for the future of tourists in space
More than 46,000 feet above the stark New Mexico desert, a white and silver space plane rocketed toward the edge… Read More »
SpaceX cargo capsule splashes down in Gulf of Mexico
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Northrop to build homes on moon orbit under $935 mln NASA contract
Northrop Grumman Corp won a NASA contract worth $935 million to develop living quarters for the U.S. space agency’s planned… Read More »
U.S. FAA begins use of system to reduce impact of launches on airspace
The Federal Aviation Administration has started to use a new tool intended to better integrate commercial launches and reentries into… Read More »
China picks up the launch pace with three space missions in four days
China appears to be returning to its pre-pandemic pace of launching back-to-back space missions. Various Chinese sources indicate the country… Read More »
Bezos, Branson and Musk: Who is winning the space tourism race?
Three billionaire entrepreneurs – Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson – are each vying to usher in a new… Read More »