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Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Gears Up For First Passenger Flights

This year is key for Virgin Galactic's bid to become the first commercial spaceliner service, as rocket-powered flights of its SpaceShipTwo are on the books for summer.

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02/10/12 Editorial: Don't ground the spaceport Source: Santa Fe New Mexican - Santa Fe NM With tens of millions of tax dollars spent to build Spaceport USA, New Mexicans have a vested interest in its success.
02/10/12 NSRC-2012 Early Registration Deadline To Win Free... Source: RTTNews Today - February 10, is the deadline for early registration to attend the 2012 Next Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference and be eligible to win a free suborbital flight on XCOR Aerospace Inc.'s spaceplane - Lynx Mark I, that would otherwise cost $95,000, or up to $200,000 on competing suborbital vehicles, if you are lucky.
02/09/12 Private Rocket Launch Tests Supersonic Parachute,... Source: Brudirect.com The private spaceflight company Armadillo Aerospace is taking a close look at the results from its latest rocket test in the New Mexico desert - a flight that hit a snag while testing a new launch and balloon parachute technologies.
02/08/12 SpaceX Announces Launch Deal With AsiaSat Source: Forbes SpaceX announced today that it's signed a deal with AsiaSat to launch two of its communications satellites in the first half of 2014.
02/06/12 Limit on Colorado spaceport liability advances Source: Denver Business Journal - Denver CO A critical piece of Colorado's efforts to develop a spaceport at Front Range Airport sailed unanimously through its first legislative committee Monday, despite expected opposition.