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Astronomy Cast 350: SpaceShipOne

SpaceShipOne is the spacecraft created by Scaled Composites to win the $10 million Ansari X-Prize in 2003. It was the…

11 years ago

Stunning Footage from SpaceShipTwo’s Third Rocket-Powered Flight

Virgin Galactic released video from SpaceShipTwo's flight test last Friday, January 10, 2014. This was the third supersonic, rocket-powered test…

11 years ago

SpaceShipTwo Goes Supersonic in Third Rocket-Powered Test Flight

2014 should be the year that Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2) brings passengers on suborbital space flights, and the company started…

11 years ago

Proposed Balloon Ride Would Let You See The Blackness Of Space

Doesn't that look fun? A startup company is proposing to send customers 19 miles (30 kilometers) into the air via…

11 years ago

Ride Along With SpaceShipTwo: Tail Footage Video of Latest Test Flight

Yesterday, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo successfully completed its second supersonic rocket-powered test flight. In our previous article, we were able to…

11 years ago

Virgin Galactic: We Don’t Anticipate Motion Sickness

When the spaceship Enterprise -- Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, not the Star Trek spacecraft -- fired its rocket engines for the…

12 years ago

SpaceShipTwo Fires Rocket Engines for First Ever Supersonic Test Flight- Photos & Video

SpaceShipTwo fires her rocket motor in flight for 1st time on April 29, 2013. Credit: MarsScientific.com Updated with more Photos…

12 years ago

Virgin Galactic Announces New Satellite Launcher

Caption: Richard Branson at the Farnborough International Airshow showing a model of LauncherOne. Credit: Virgin Galactic. Virgin Galactic’s latest venture…

12 years ago

Former Space Shuttle Manager Mike Moses Joins Virgin Galactic

[/caption] One of the most respected members of NASA’s space shuttle program has joined Virgin Galactic as the commercial space…

13 years ago

Watch SpaceShipTwo’s First Feathered Flight

On May 4, 2011 Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo achieved a major milestone by flying for the first time using its "feathered"…

14 years ago