The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Credit: Getty Images By David Millward, Published by The Telegraph, 21 May 2023 The crew onboard the second-ever private mission to the International Space Station are set to carry out scientific experiments Three
Crypto tycoon is set to launch first-ever commercialized space station for space tourists in 2025 with the help of Elon Musk's SpaceX By Stacy Liberatore, Published by The Daily Mail, 11 May 2023 Haven-1 will fit a four-person crew who will live on the station for 30 days The inaugural
By Michael Sheetz, Published by CNBC, 9 May 2023 Key Points: Virgin Galactic is aiming to fly its first spaceflight in nearly two years later this month. But the space tourism company’s first quarter loss widened as it funds its fleet growth. Virgin Galactic cited “increases in research and development
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
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
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
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
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
