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Virgin Galactic News

Virgin Galactic News From the Web

  • 02/04/12 Virgin Galactic to Start Conducting Suborbital Flights... Source: Softpedia News The CEO and president of private suborbital spaceflight company Virgin Galactic, George Whitesides, announced on January 20 that the WhiteKnightTwo / SpaceShipTwo combo is nearly ready to enter commercial use.
  • 01/25/12 County indicates support for bill to protect... Source: Las Cruces Sun-News - Las Cruces NM Do a Ana County commissioners on Tuesday indicated support for a state bill that would restrict a space traveler's right to sue in most cases of injury or death.

Background on Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic is a company within Richard Branson's Virgin Group which plans to provide sub-orbital spaceflights to the paying public, along with suborbital space science missions and orbital launches of small satellites.

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