Reuters – Deputy space shuttle program manager and former flight director Mike Moses is leaving NASA to oversee operations for Virgin Galactic, the commercial spaceflight company owned by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, the company said on Tuesday. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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ContributorNetwork – Sometime within the next 12 months, if all goes well, Virgin Galactic will launch its SpaceShipTwo into space for the first time, heralding the true beginning of commercial space flight, according to CEO Richard Branson. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Reuters – Virgin Galactic, a U.S. offshoot of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, joined two separate teams vying for a $ 200 million NASA program to spur the development of private-sector space taxis, the company said on Thursday. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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SPACE.com – While Virgin Galactic’s public sights are set on offering suborbital space tourist treks on its SpaceShipTwo passenger ships, the company is already quietly eyeing the next step: orbital space travel. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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SPACE.com – Virgin Galactic’s private SpaceShipTwo suborbital spacecraft has completed its second glide test at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. View full post on Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Reuters – Virgin Galactic, an offshoot of billionaire Richard Branson’s London-based Virgin Group, plans to compete in the upcoming race to develop orbital space vehicles, Branson said on Friday. View full post on Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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The same company the runs Virgin Music, Virgin Mobile, and Virgin Atlantic Airways, now seeks to start a whole new kind of business. Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group plans to start the world’s first space tourism airline, Virgin Galactic. The business tycoon has already invested in a fleet consisting of two types of spaceships...
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Space Tourism with Virgin Galactic Ticket, package, price, DurationSince the beginning of life travel in space is a life of every human of this world. Dream of Space tourism is growing very rapidly in recent time. There are many tourists which are ready to pay heavy money for the space tourism. The worlds’ first...
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AP – A company working to send tourists on suborbital flights says it has tested its spacecraft with a crew for the first time. View full post on Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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