News tagged with virgin galactic
Singapore family books $1 million Virgin space flight
A Singaporean businessman, his wife and two children have paid $1 million to become the first Asian family to fly together on space-tourism airline Virgin Galactic, the company announced Monday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Virgin galactic taps test flight veteran as pilot
From a pool of 500 potential applicants, Virgin Galactic has found their man. The NewSpace firm chose from some of the greatest pilots the world has to offer to work to be a pilot for their company. U.S. Air ...
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Oct 27, 2011 |
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Branson and NM officials dedicate space terminal (Update)
With his usual flair, British billionaire Richard Branson rappelled from a balcony, shook up a big bottle of champagne and took a swig while christening the world's first built-from-scratch commercial spaceport ...
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Oct 17, 2011 |
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Dream is over for Virgin Galactic space tourist
Venture capitalist Alan Walton has trekked to the North Pole, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and skydived over Mount Everest. A hop into space to enjoy a few minutes of weightlessness would have been the ultimate ...
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Oct 04, 2011 |
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Space tourism craft reaches glide-test milestone (Update)
High over the Mojave Desert, the stubby-winged SpaceShipTwo bent itself into a near-right angle shape and plunged nearly straight downward for more than a minute before unfolding and gliding to a runway landing ...
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May 04, 2011 |
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20 years later, spaceport partners aim to create the next Cape Canaveral
A runway in an otherwise vast, empty stretch of desert in southern New Mexico will soon become the starting point of weekly sightseeing trips to space for anyone who can afford the $200,000 ticket, and with ...
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Nov 09, 2010 |
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Virgin Galactic spacecraft makes 1st crewed flight
(AP) -- A company working to send tourists on suborbital flights says it has tested its spacecraft with a crew for the first time.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 19, 2010 |
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Space tourism yet to fly, 5 years since 1st flight
(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.
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Oct 03, 2009 |
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