Virgin Galactic’s Spaceplane Completed Its First Solo Glide Flight
Continuous Test Flights It looks like Virgin Galactic has fully recovered from its 2014 tragedy. This past Saturday the company successfully performed a solo glide test for its second SpaceShipTwo,...
View ArticleVirgin Galactic Will Soon Be Launching Tourists into Space with this Plane
Virgin Galactic, a spaceflight company under the Virgin Group founded by Richard Branson, welcomes a new rocket plane to its family. The new vessel is called VSS Unity. Virgin Galactic tweeted that the...
View ArticleVirgin Galactic is Starting Flight Tests for Newest Spaceship
After a crash in late 2014, Virgin Galactic’s space ambitions were grounded for a while. But time does heal all wounds, even those on a spaceship. Virgin Galactic is finishing ground tests for Virgin...
View ArticleA Second Chance: Virgin Galactic Completes First Test Flight Since Crash
Virgin Galactic has not taken a ship to the skies since 2014. That is, until today. The company launched a successful four-hour test flight above the Mojave desert with its SpaceShipTwo-class launch...
View ArticleStephen Hawking is Going to Outer Space
“I Said Yes Immediately” Stephen Hawking, the world’s most renowned physicist and cosmologist, stated today that he is, in fact, heading to space—and it’s happening all thanks to the Virgin group (and...
View ArticleRichard Branson: Virgin Galactic Will Start Conquering Space Tourism by Early...
A Different Focus Last week, veteran entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson was among the guest speakers at the 2017 Nordic Business Forum (NBF) held in Helsinki, Finland. On stage, Branson spoke about how...
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