For only the second time, VSS Unity, Virgin Galactic’s suborbital space plane, was transformed into a science laboratory. Galactic 05 successfully completed its mission on Nov. 2, but for Kellie Gerardi, Galactic 05 crewmember and Virgin Galactic Astronaut 021, the training and preparation for the flight goes back almost a decade. She sat down with NSF to detail what it takes to conduct commercial suborbital research.
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Vector Space Systems, a startup small satellite launch service, is hoping to revolutionize the launch…
Vector Space has conducted a crucial test of their Vector-R rocket that the company hopes…
Virgin Galactic – part of the Virgin corporation headed by Sir Richard Branson – has…
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has provided details into the probable cause of the…
One pilot has died and another seriously injured during a test flight failure of Virgin…
Space Shuttle veteran Frederick “CJ” Sturckow has joined Virgin Galactic’s commercial flight team. The retired…
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2) finally conducted its debut powered flight on Monday, paving the way…
Following 2012 DA14’s close pass to Earth on Friday, asteroids once again found their way…
Virgin Galactic owner Sir Richard Branson will announce next week that he has agreed a…
“Discovery Wheel Stop,” said Commander Eileen Collins on the successful return to Earth in a…
Seventeen years after Sir Richard Branson watched SpaceShipOne win the Ansari X-Prize, the English entrepreneur…
Virgin Orbit is just months away from the first launch of its LauncherOne rocket. The…
