Search results for suborbital
Calif. space tourism firm launches S. Korea deal
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
(AP) -- A California company developing a rocket plane for space tourism announced Thursday that it has an agreement with a nonprofit group in South Korea to conduct launches in that nation.
Virgin Galactic readies maiden suborbital flight
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 06, 2009 |
5 / 5 (23) |
10
British billionaire Sir Richard Branson will unveil a craft on Monday that could soon carry tourists on an out-of-this-world trip into space -- for a mere 200,000 dollars. (Update: Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship) ...
Rocket test will carry Purdue experiment
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 30, 2009 |
3 / 5 (1) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers are designing and building an experiment that will operate during a test flight of a new type of reusable rocket to be launched by aerospace company Blue Origin LLC.
Superconductor magnet spacecraft heat shield being developed
Nov 26, 2009 |
4.8 / 5 (44) |
28
(PhysOrg.com) -- European space agencies and an aerospace giant are developing a new re-entry heat shield that will use superconductor magnets to generate a magnetic field strong enough to deflect the superhot ...
Space hotel taking bookings for 2012 opening
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 05, 2009 |
4.4 / 5 (21) |
11
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first orbiting space hotel is on track to open for its first customers in 2012, but hurry, as bookings are filling fast.
Space tourism yet to fly, 5 years since 1st flight
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 03, 2009 |
4 / 5 (4) |
0
(AP) -- When a private spaceship soared over California to claim a $10 million prize, daredevil venture capitalist Alan Walton was 68 and thought he'd soon be on a rocket ride of his own.
Night Time Artificial Cloud Study Conducted
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
A rocket experiment that may shed light on the highest clouds in the Earth's atmosphere was conducted September 19 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Sir Richard Branson All Fired Up With Latest Rocket Motor Test
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 31, 2009 |
4.9 / 5 (15) |
16
Virgin Galactic owned by Sir Richard Branson completed a successful test on May 28, 2009 of its hybrid nitrous oxide motor designed by Scaled Composites and a subcontractor Sierra Nevada Corporation. The ...
Space tourism from Sweden to start in 2012
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 18, 2009 |
4.2 / 5 (5) |
2
Short tourist flights into space are expected to begin launching from northern Sweden in 2012, one of the companies involved in the project said Wednesday.
New Balloon Successfully Flight-Tested Over Antarctica
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 09, 2009 |
4.8 / 5 (4) |
4
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and the National Science Foundation have successfully launched and demonstrated a newly designed super pressure balloon prototype that may enable a new era of high-altitude scientific ...
University of Leicester scientists funded to design concepts for NASA microgravity
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 18, 2008 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
0
Two University of Leicester scientists have recently been awarded 10,000 to design concepts for scientific experiments which would fly on the upcoming new generation of manned suborbital spacecraft, such as ...
Space Tourism to Rocket in 21st Century, Researchers Predict
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 22, 2008 |
4 / 5 (6) |
0
Seeking an out-of-this-world travel destination? Outer space will rocket into reality as “the” getaway of this century, according to researchers at the University of Delaware and the University of Rome La ...
Scientific Balloons Achieve Antarctic Flight Record
Jan 04, 2008 |
4.7 / 5 (13) |
0
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have jointly achieved a new milestone in the almost 20-year history of scientific ballooning in Antarctica, ...
Clemson rocket launches test Alaskan auroras
Mar 16, 2007 |
4.1 / 5 (8) |
0
It may have been 40 degrees below zero at the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska, but aurora and weather came together one recent winter night in a perfect match for Clemson University researchers and students ...
HEX2 a success: 4-rocket aurora experiment launches from Poker Flat
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2007 |
3.5 / 5 (2) |
0
An experiment called HEX2 that consisted of four NASA suborbital sounding rockets, launched from Poker Flat Research Range during an aurora display over northern Alaska this morning. Each rocket emitted vapor trails in an ...
