By Brady Knox, Published by Washington Examiner, 16 June 2023 The commercial space flight company Virgin Galactic is set to begin commercial space flights in June, with tickets costing $450,000. The flights come shortly after the company broke its two-year hiatus with a final pre-commercial test flight in May. The
Starship SN15 takes off on May 5, 2021. (Credit: SpaceX webcast) By Peter Howson, Published by Context, 25 May 2023 Like the colonial conquests of the past, in today’s space race, indigenous people are losing their land and identities Colonialism has always involved boldly going to pinch other people’s stuff.
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
