Illustration of an astronaut floating in space. (Image credit: Devrimb via iStock / Getty Images Plus) By Elizabeth Howell, Published by Space.com, 5 December 2023 'The more people who fly in space, the higher the likelihood of something going wrong.' Rescuers on Earth can reach a lot of rugged environments: stranded
By Alice Gorman, Published by The Conversation, 4 December 2023 In 1963, six years after the first satellite was launched, editors from the Encyclopaedia Britannica posed a question to five eminent thinkers of the day: “Has man’s conquest of space increased or diminished his stature?” The respondents were philosopher Hannah Arendt,
All commercial human spaceflight activities, including commercial space stations like Orbital Reef, would be regulated by the Department of Transportation through the FAA commercial space office under a White House proposal released Nov. 15. Credit: Blue Origin By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 28 November 2023 WASHINGTON — An
By Can Emir, Published by Interesting Engineering, 27 November 2023 Explore Virgin Galactic's Mesa facility, a cutting-edge hub poised to revolutionize spacecraft manufacturing, boosting space travel capabilities and economic growth. The aerospace and space travel company Virgin Galactic has announced a major leap in its operations with the establishment of a state-of-the-art
By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 9 November 2023 The company plans to shift resources to its next-generation 'Delta' suborbital craft. The impressive flight cadence of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane won't last much longer. Unity flew for the sixth time in as many months last week, carrying two
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 8 November 2023 WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic will reduce the frequency of flights of its current suborbital vehicle and stop them entirely by mid-2024 as it concentrates resources on the next generation of vehicles. In a Nov. 8 earnings call, company executives said flights
By Eric Berger, Published by arsTechnica, 3 November 2023 "It's definitely a money loser. Always has been." Virgin Galactic smoothly completed its sixth human spaceflight in six months on Thursday, continuing an impressive cadence of missions with its VSS Unity spacecraft. This performance has made the company the clear leader in suborbital space tourism.
Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane lights its rocket motor during the Galactic 05 suborbital mission on Nov. 2, 2023. (Image credit: Virgin Galactic) By Nla Taylor Tillman, Published by Space.com, 2 November 2023 Galactic 05 was the company's sixth space mission in as many months. SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico — Virgin
