items tagged with Virgin Galactic
Welcome to 21st century for world's first commercial spaceport!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-06-21 08:21:15
In New Mexico, the world’s first facility, which will be used exclusively to send paying customers into space, has broken ground in the remote desert. While the project is expensive, the costs of each space trip are still quite pricey, too!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-06-21 08:21:15
In New Mexico, the world’s first facility, which will be used exclusively to send paying customers into space, has broken ground in the remote desert. While the project is expensive, the costs of each space trip are still quite pricey, too!
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Virgin Blue goes where Frequent Flyers have not gone before
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-04 12:31:39
Win a round-trip ticket into space onboard one of Virgin Galactic’s private fleet of spacecraft. The contest by Australia’s Virgin Blue, and co-sponsored by U.S.A.’s Mojave Aerospace Ventures, will award twenty-five million frequent flyer miles to one lucky space traveler.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-04 12:31:39
Win a round-trip ticket into space onboard one of Virgin Galactic’s private fleet of spacecraft. The contest by Australia’s Virgin Blue, and co-sponsored by U.S.A.’s Mojave Aerospace Ventures, will award twenty-five million frequent flyer miles to one lucky space traveler.
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Space tourism gets off the ground: WhiteKnight2
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-22 09:14:41
The WhiteKnightTwo airship made its first test flight on Sunday, December 21, 2008, as it flew about 59 minutes above the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, U.S.A.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-22 09:14:41
The WhiteKnightTwo airship made its first test flight on Sunday, December 21, 2008, as it flew about 59 minutes above the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, U.S.A.
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First "spaceport" gets FAA approval in U.S.
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-20 09:44:49
Spaceport America, in New Mexico, has been granted a license for vertical and horizontal launches from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The facility will initially provide suborbital space flights for paying customers and other payloads.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-20 09:44:49
Spaceport America, in New Mexico, has been granted a license for vertical and horizontal launches from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The facility will initially provide suborbital space flights for paying customers and other payloads.
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FAA official says space tourism risky, Virgin Galactic prez says not so
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-02 10:28:48
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration warned at the end of July 2008 that civil companies, such as Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, who are pioneering the first sub-orbital flights as part of the fledgling space tourism industry have extraordinary risks in their endeavors. Virgin Galactic says it will be thousands of times safer than any previous human spaceflights.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-02 10:28:48
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration warned at the end of July 2008 that civil companies, such as Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, who are pioneering the first sub-orbital flights as part of the fledgling space tourism industry have extraordinary risks in their endeavors. Virgin Galactic says it will be thousands of times safer than any previous human spaceflights.
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Virgin Galactic shows off mothership “EVE”
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-28 09:47:55
On Monday, July 28, 2008, Sir Richard Branson and Burt Rutan unveiled for the first time their new WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) carrier aircraft that will transport everyday space travelers inside SpaceShipTwo on suborbital space flights.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-28 09:47:55
On Monday, July 28, 2008, Sir Richard Branson and Burt Rutan unveiled for the first time their new WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) carrier aircraft that will transport everyday space travelers inside SpaceShipTwo on suborbital space flights.
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ABC NewsRadio axes StarStuff program – why?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-26 09:14:48
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-26 09:14:48
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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South Australia, Victoria possible hosts to Virgin Galactic space venture
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-14 08:28:01
Virgin founder and entrepreneurial billion Richard Branson is considering the two Australian states of South Australia and Victoria as possible spaceports for his space tourism business.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-14 08:28:01
Virgin founder and entrepreneurial billion Richard Branson is considering the two Australian states of South Australia and Victoria as possible spaceports for his space tourism business.
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Book your spaceflight: SpaceShipTwo almost ready
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-24 10:57:12
On Wednesday, January 23, 2008, Burt Ratan and Sir Richard Branson displayed for the first time the design of their new suborbital spaceplane, SpaceShipTwo, at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, New York, U.S.A., Earth.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-24 10:57:12
On Wednesday, January 23, 2008, Burt Ratan and Sir Richard Branson displayed for the first time the design of their new suborbital spaceplane, SpaceShipTwo, at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, New York, U.S.A., Earth.
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