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Commercial Spaceship Takes First Flight [VIDEO]
(Oct. 11) -- Humanity moved one step closer to making sci-fi reality on Sunday with the successful testing of Virgin Galactic's suborbital commercial spaceship, the VSS Enterprise. The aircraft is designed to take tourists on short trips to space for a small fee of $200,000. The Richard Branson-owned company has already...
Private Firms Look to Cash In on NASA Cuts
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(Feb. 1) – With NASA's Constellation program cut from the budget President Obama proposed Monday, private companies have the chance to play a bigger role in the next space race. While the budget request for fiscal year 2011 eliminates the Constellation program – which would have replaced the space shuttle with...
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Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo 'Dropped Like A Rock' During Test Flight
A malfunction on Virgin Galactic's commercial space travel plane saw the craft "drop like a rock" and nosedive towards earth during a test flight, it has been revealed.
Virgin Galactic releases first "feathered flight" video
Historical implications aside, one of the most impressive and important aspects of Richard Branson's upcoming private space line is its distinct mode of atmospheric re-entry.
Virgin Galactic: Inside SpaceShipTwo (VIDEO)
Sir Richard Branson's long-awaited spacecraft is finally getting the finishing touches needed before it can head into orbit (the spacecraft has already been piloted by crews ).
Virgin Galactic sets sights on orbital spaceflight
The stakes in the commercial space race just got a little loftier.
Virgin Galactic's VSS Enterprise completes first solo glide flight
VIRGIN GALACTIC'S SPACESHIPTWO ACHIEVES MAJOR MILESTONE IN ITS PROGRAM TO BECOME WORLD'S FIRST MANNED COMMERCIAL SPACE VEHICLE.
Background on spaceshiptwo
The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo (SS2) is a suborbital, air-launched spaceplane, designed for space tourism.
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