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Virgin Galactic looks ahead to future spaceplanes as it gears up for return to space

May 9, 2023
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| Space Tourism, Uncategorized, Virgin

By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 9 May 2023 WASHINGTON — As Virgin Galactic prepares to finally begin commercial flights, the company is providing new details about how its next generation of vehicles can put the company on a path to profitability. In a May 9 earnings call, company executives

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Virgin Galactic spacecraft makes first glide since historic spaceflight, aims for space

April 28, 2023
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| Space Tourism, Virgin

By Elizabeth Howell, Published by Space.com, 28 April 2023 'She's a beautiful glider, and we are able to execute a beautiful runway landing.' Virgin Galactic's spaceplane is back in flight after two years on the ground. The VSS Unity spacecraft from Virgin Galactic performed a nine-minute test glide over New

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Space Travel Company to Convert OSV to ‘Marine Spaceport’

April 20, 2023
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| Environmental Effects, Launch sites, Space Tourism

By Mike Schuler, Published by gCaptain, 20 April 2023 One of the world’s first global space travel companies has revealed plans to convert a former Edison Chouest Offshore offshore supply vessel (OSV) to an at-sea spaceport for human space flight. The vessel, named MS Voyager, is being developed by US-based

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket blows up minutes after launch

April 20, 2023
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| Artemis, Environmental Effects, Launch failure, Moon missions, Space Tourism, SpaceX, Starship

By Oliver Homes, Published by the Guardian, 20 April 2023 Largest and most powerful rocket ever built blasts off on test flight that is hoped to be step on human journey to Mars The largest and most powerful rocket ever built has blasted off from Texas but blew up within

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SpaceX’s Starship, the Biggest Rocket Ever Built, Is Poised to Fly

April 17, 2023
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| Moon missions, NASA, Rockets, Space Tourism, SpaceX, Starship

By Jeffrey Kluger, Published by Time, 17 April 2023 Time was, nobody gave much thought to the town of Boca Chica, a little community at the toe of Texas, hard up against the Gulf of Mexico. Distinguished mostly by its proximity to the city of Brownsville, the county seat of

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SpaceX poised for giant leap toward Musk’s dream of colonies on Mars

April 9, 2023
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| Colonisation, Mars missions, Moon missions, Space Tourism, Starship

By Josie Ensor, Published by The Telegraph, 9 April 2023 Rocket designed to take man to the Red Planet is ready for test launch in days, says billionaire's firm SpaceX is on the cusp of sending its Starship - the most powerful rocket ever built - into orbit, in the

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Is Rocket Lab the SpaceX Competitor We’ve Been Waiting For?

March 27, 2023
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By George Dvorsky, Published by gizmodo, 27 March 2023 Rocket Lab plans to charge $50 million for flights aboard its Neutron rocket, placing it in direct competition with SpaceX’s Falcon 9. SpaceX’s partially reusable Falcon 9 is currently in a class by itself, but rival companies are hoping to end

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These Crypto Companies Want to ‘Commoditize’ the Moon

March 27, 2023
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| Mining, Moon missions, Space Tourism

Space Outpost’s MAPP lunar rover is scheduled to go to space in November of this year as a payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Image: Lunar Outpost By Kyle Barr, Published by Gizmodo, 27 March 2023 Lunar Outpost will engrave a crypto wallet passcode on its MAPP Lunar Rover

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