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Jeff Bezos to Travel to Space Today Aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard: How To Watch Livestream
Jeff Bezos is set to blast off aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard to space today. He will be joined by an all-civilian crew consisting of his younger brother and the oldest as well as youngest person to travel to space. The launch is scheduled for around 6:30pm IST today from Blue Origin's Launch Site One facility located outside Van Horn in Texas,...
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson Calls Richard Branson’s Space Flight a 'Great' Milestone
NASA administrator Bill Nelson has lauded billionaire Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic, who along with five other crew members soared to the edge of the space aboard the VSS Unity spacecraft on Sunday.
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India-Born Sirisha Bandla To Fly On Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Tomorrow
Sirisha Bandla, a 34-year-old aeronautical engineer, is set to become the third Indian-origin woman to head to space when she flies as part of Virgin Galactic's first fully crewed flight test on Sunday.
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Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson Gears Up for Space Flight on July 11: All You Need to Know
Virgin Galactic's Unity 22 mission marks the 22nd test flight of the spacecraft, and the company's fourth crewed mission beyond Earth's atmosphere. But it will be the first to carry a full complement of space travellers – two pilots and four "mission specialists," Branson among them.
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$2 Million Highest Bid So Far For Space Flight Seat, Discloses Jeff Bezos' Firm
Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos' rocket company, disclosed $2 million as the current highest bid for a seat on its New Shepard spacecraft after the startup closed the first phase of its auction.
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Virgin Galactic Offers a Peek at Passenger Rocket SpaceShipTwo’s Cabin
Virgin Galactic revealed the cabin of its commercial spaceliner, SpaceShipTwo, in an online event. Featuring a dozen windows for viewing, the spacecraft also features mood lighting and G force-adjusting seats.
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Virgin Galactic Pilots Fly To Edge Of Space, Earn Astronaut Wings
The Federal Aviation Administration awarded two Virgin Galactic pilots commercial astronaut wings Thursday, after a spacecraft piloted by Mark "Forger" Stucky and C.J. Sturckow hit an altitude of 51.4 miles in a daring test flight over the Mojave Desert in December.
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Blue Origin to Make 10th Flight Test of Space Tourist Rocket
Virgin Galactic, headed by British billionaire Richard Branson, is also working on a vessel of its own to carry tourists to space.
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Virgin Galactic Reaches Space and Is One Step Closer to Space Tourism
Virgin Galactic launched a spacecraft more than 50 miles high Thursday, reaching the US Federal Aviation Administration's definition of space.
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Watch Richard Branson's New Spaceship Fly Solo For The First Time
More than two years after one of its spacecrafts crashed, killing the co-pilot, Virgin Galactic sent its SpaceShipTwo back in the air this weekend for its first "glide flight."
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Many Questions Still Unanswered in Spaceship Crash
Federal accident investigators have an early sense of what went wrong before an experimental spaceship designed to carry tourists beyond the Earth's atmosphere broke apart during a test flight. But they still don't know why the craft prematurely shifted its shape prior to the deadly crash.
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Pilot Actions Being Examined in Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Crash
The untimely engagement of the tail mechanism and the possibility that pilot error was to blame were disclosed by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) late on Sunday.
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Debris From the Downed Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Found 35 Miles Away
Federal accident investigators say that tiny pieces of Virgin Galactic's experimental spaceship that broke up in flight have been found 35 miles (56 kilometers) from the main wreckage area.
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A Look at Virgin Galactic's Feathering Technology
The Virgin Galactic spaceship destroyed when it broke apart high over the Mojave Desert was designed to take tourists on a fleeting thrill ride through the lower reaches of space.
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Pilot Actions Examined in US Crash of Virgin Galactic Spacecraft
A human-factors expert will join the investigation of the fatal crash of Virgin Galactic's passenger spacecraft to study why the co-pilot prematurely unlocked a pivoting tail section of the ship during a test flight, the National Transportation Safety Board chairman said on Monday.
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Jeff Bezos to Travel to Space Today Aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard: How To Watch Livestream
Jeff Bezos is set to blast off aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard to space today. He will be joined by an all-civilian crew consisting of his younger brother and the oldest as well as youngest person to travel to space. The launch is scheduled for around 6:30pm IST today from Blue Origin's Launch Site One facility located outside Van Horn in Texas,...
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson Calls Richard Branson’s Space Flight a 'Great' Milestone
NASA administrator Bill Nelson has lauded billionaire Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic, who along with five other crew members soared to the edge of the space aboard the VSS Unity spacecraft on Sunday.
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India-Born Sirisha Bandla To Fly On Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Tomorrow
Sirisha Bandla, a 34-year-old aeronautical engineer, is set to become the third Indian-origin woman to head to space when she flies as part of Virgin Galactic's first fully crewed flight test on Sunday.
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Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson Gears Up for Space Flight on July 11: All You Need to Know
Virgin Galactic's Unity 22 mission marks the 22nd test flight of the spacecraft, and the company's fourth crewed mission beyond Earth's atmosphere. But it will be the first to carry a full complement of space travellers – two pilots and four "mission specialists," Branson among them.
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$2 Million Highest Bid So Far For Space Flight Seat, Discloses Jeff Bezos' Firm
Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos' rocket company, disclosed $2 million as the current highest bid for a seat on its New Shepard spacecraft after the startup closed the first phase of its auction.
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Virgin Galactic Offers a Peek at Passenger Rocket SpaceShipTwo’s Cabin
Virgin Galactic revealed the cabin of its commercial spaceliner, SpaceShipTwo, in an online event. Featuring a dozen windows for viewing, the spacecraft also features mood lighting and G force-adjusting seats.
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Virgin Galactic Pilots Fly To Edge Of Space, Earn Astronaut Wings
The Federal Aviation Administration awarded two Virgin Galactic pilots commercial astronaut wings Thursday, after a spacecraft piloted by Mark "Forger" Stucky and C.J. Sturckow hit an altitude of 51.4 miles in a daring test flight over the Mojave Desert in December.
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Blue Origin to Make 10th Flight Test of Space Tourist Rocket
Virgin Galactic, headed by British billionaire Richard Branson, is also working on a vessel of its own to carry tourists to space.
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Virgin Galactic Reaches Space and Is One Step Closer to Space Tourism
Virgin Galactic launched a spacecraft more than 50 miles high Thursday, reaching the US Federal Aviation Administration's definition of space.
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Watch Richard Branson's New Spaceship Fly Solo For The First Time
More than two years after one of its spacecrafts crashed, killing the co-pilot, Virgin Galactic sent its SpaceShipTwo back in the air this weekend for its first "glide flight."
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Many Questions Still Unanswered in Spaceship Crash
Federal accident investigators have an early sense of what went wrong before an experimental spaceship designed to carry tourists beyond the Earth's atmosphere broke apart during a test flight. But they still don't know why the craft prematurely shifted its shape prior to the deadly crash.
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Pilot Actions Being Examined in Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Crash
The untimely engagement of the tail mechanism and the possibility that pilot error was to blame were disclosed by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) late on Sunday.
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Debris From the Downed Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Found 35 Miles Away
Federal accident investigators say that tiny pieces of Virgin Galactic's experimental spaceship that broke up in flight have been found 35 miles (56 kilometers) from the main wreckage area.
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A Look at Virgin Galactic's Feathering Technology
The Virgin Galactic spaceship destroyed when it broke apart high over the Mojave Desert was designed to take tourists on a fleeting thrill ride through the lower reaches of space.
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Pilot Actions Examined in US Crash of Virgin Galactic Spacecraft
A human-factors expert will join the investigation of the fatal crash of Virgin Galactic's passenger spacecraft to study why the co-pilot prematurely unlocked a pivoting tail section of the ship during a test flight, the National Transportation Safety Board chairman said on Monday.
