2020 a Busy Year for Suborbital Launches
by Douglas MessierManaging Editor Suborbital launch used to be a sleepy field that rarely attracted much public attention. Let’s face it, atmospheric research and student experiments are not front-page...
View ArticleVirgin Galactic Stock Plunges as Company Delays Space Tourism Flights to 2022
by Douglas MessierManaging Editor Shares of Virgin Galactic plunged sharply on Thursday as the company announced that it was postponing the start of commercial suborbital space tourism flights until...
View ArticleVirgin Galactic Completes First Human Spaceflight from Spaceport America, New...
LAS CRUCES, N.M. May 22, 2021 (Virgin Galactic PR) — Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“The Company or Virgin Galactic”) today completed its third spaceflight and the first ever spaceflight...
View ArticleBreaking Down Virgin Galactic’s Latest Flight Test
Take me out to the black,Tell them I ain’t comin’ back.Burn the land and boil the sea,You can’t take the sky from me…. — “The Ballad of Serenity,” Sonny Rhodes “After so many years and so much hard...
View ArticleTo Briefly Go: Billionaires Branson & Bezos Battle for Bragging Rights Where...
Fewer than 25 suborbital spaceflights have ever been conducted Most suborbital launches were conducted with vehicles retired decades ago No suborbital flight has ever carried a paying passenger There...
View ArticleVirgin Galactic Successfully Completes First Fully Crewed Spaceflight
Fourth Spaceflight Tests Private Astronaut and Research Experience First In-Flight Livestream Brings Spaceflight Experience to Audiences Around the World LAS CRUCES, N.M. July 11, 2021 (Virgin...
View Article“Test God” Out as Virgin Galactic’s Director of Flight Test
Well, one day you’re a “God,” the next day you’re on the unemployment line. Such was fate of Mark Stucky, who was Virgin Galactic’s lead pilot and director of flight test. On Tuesday, he announced on...
View ArticleReport: Branson’s Flight into Space Experienced Serious Anomaly; Company...
by Douglas MessierManaging Editor By all appearances, Richard Branson’s 17-years-in-the-making flight to the edge of space went exactly as planned on July 11. Or at least that was the impression left...
View ArticleVirgin Galactic Announces First Commercial Research Mission
“Unity 23” Test Flight Will Mark First Research Customer Mission Partnership with Italian Air Force Marks First Mission of Its Kind led by European Country LAS CRUCES, N.M. (Virgin Galactic PR) —...
View ArticleFAA Decides Bezos, Branson and Shatner Are Astronauts After All
Everyone who exceeds 50 miles by Dec. 31 will receive commercial astronaut wing even if they were just passengers Nobody after that will even if they pilot a ship Agency reverses earlier decision to...
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