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Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson set to go to space 9 days before Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin

Zac Hall - Jul. 1st 2021 3:27 pm PT @apollozac

There is really no material value in one billionaire beating another billionaire to space. Yet Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson is scheduled to be aboard his company’s spacecraft during a suborbital flight before Jeff Bezos rides his rocket with Blue Origin.

FAA gives Virgin Galactic its full commercial launch license

Seth Kurkowski - Jun. 28th 2021 1:54 pm PT @SethKurk

Virgin Galactic Sir Richard Branson SpaceShipTwo

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Last Friday it was announced that Virgin Galactic was awarded their full commercial launch license from the Federal Aviation Administration. The marks the beginning of their operational status for crewed sub-orbital flights to space.

First scientist selected to visit space aboard SpaceShipTwo discusses why he’s going

Nicholas Terry - Dec. 30th 2020 12:15 pm PT

NASA Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo

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On October 14, NASA announced that it had selected an experiment by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to participate in its Flight Opportunities program. However, what’s unique about this experiment is that the payload will include a human named Alan Stern.

Virgin Galactic suborbital spaceplane falls short of reaching space during weekend test flight

Zac Hall - Dec. 14th 2020 8:05 am PT @apollozac

Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo

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Virgin Galactic has ambitious plans to open the edge of space to passengers on its suborbital spaceplane called SpaceShipTwo Unity. Opening the window to space is no simple task, however, and Virgin Galactic is at the mercy of testing and iterating to reach its goal.