Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company have announced new milestones in the assembly of the primary structures for the second SpaceShipTwo in its current fleet. A sister to VSS Unity, the yet-unnamed vehicle is set to launch customers into suborbital space in the 2020s. VSS Unity is being prepared for that first customer flight, although the start date for commercial operation is yet to be revealed.
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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo has moved into powered flight testing. The test comes early in the…
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NTSB SpaceShipTwo findings will serve to strengthen our resolve – Branson
by Chris BerginThe National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has provided details into the probable cause of the…
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One pilot has died and another seriously injured during a test flight failure of Virgin…
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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2), slated to become the world’s first commercial manned spacecraft, is undergoing…
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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2) finally conducted its debut powered flight on Monday, paving the way…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX surpass 2022’s launch count with Starlink Group 6-12; China to launch three missions
The first week of September will see only four orbital launches and a single sub-orbital…
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Launch Roundup: Russia returns to the Moon with Luna 25 mission, Virgin Galactic completes first fully private space tourism flight
It’s a busy week in spaceflight, especially for Russia. The week of Aug. 7 following…
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Launch Roundup: Virgin Galactic performs crewed suborbital mission; SpaceX launches Euclid
Four launches are planned for the week of June 24 to July 1. The Russians…
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This Week In Spaceflight: China’s lunar plans, North Korea’s failed launch, and Starliner delays
Reviewing this week in spaceflight and upcoming events, it’s been another busy period. China now…
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After a nearly two-year pause in flights, starting after a deviation from controlled airspace during…
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Blue Origin attempted its first uncrewed New Shepard flight in a year, with the NS-23…
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Inspiration4 and all-civilian crew return to Earth with splashdown off Florida coast
The Inspiration4 mission, flown by Crew Dragon Resilience, has concluded its three-day mission with a…
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Blue Origin launches first crewed flight with four crew, including founder Jeff Bezos and “Mercury 13” aviatrix Wally Funk
Blue Origin has flown a crew of four onboard a New Shepard rocket on an…
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With Blue Origin passengers set, suborbital tourism arrives after decades of work
After years of development, suborbital space tourism looks ready to lift off after Virgin Galactic…
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Seventeen years after Sir Richard Branson watched SpaceShipOne win the Ansari X-Prize, the English entrepreneur…
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Virgin Galactic has successfully performed the first human spaceflight from Spaceport America, just south of…
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CommercialInternationalMars
Year in Review: Mars missions, Lunar Samples, Crew launched from the US, and Starlink
Despite a worldwide pandemic which affected agencies around the world, 2020 featured many significant achievements…
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CommercialSpaceX
Preparing for “Earth to Earth” space travel and a competition with supersonic airliners
Commercial spaceflight companies are preparing to enter a new market: suborbital flights from one place…
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VSS Unity aborts after engine start, safely lands with crew back at Spaceport America
Virgin Galactic was to perform their first human spaceflight of their VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo vehicle…