As with the previous launch of Galactic 03 on September 8, Virgin Galactic did not provide a live stream, limiting itself to social media updates. The updates themselves were posted with a delay: one message about a rocket engine being turned on was posted at least 12 minutes after it...
VMS Eve will take off from Spaceport America in New Mexico and deliver Unity and its crew to a predetermined altitude before releasing the spaceplane to continue its flight into space on its own. The VSS Unity spacecraft will fly on a suborbital trajectory, allowing passengers to enjoy several minutes...
The space plane returned smoothly to the runway at Spaceport America in the New Mexico desert after a short flight during which passengers enjoyed a few minutes of weightlessness. Space tourists (left to right): Anastasia Myers, John Goodwin and Keisha Shahuff walk down the runway before boarding their Virgin Galactic...
The launch, dubbed Galactic 02, is scheduled to take place on August 10 from Spaceport America in New Mexico. This will be the company’s second commercial space flight after a successful June 29 mission for the Air Force and the National Research Council (CNR) of Italy. The flight will be...
Virgin Galactic has announced that it will launch its first commercial mission, Galactic 01, at the end of this month. Space tourists will start flying between June 27 and 30. Three people from the Italian Air Force and the National Research Council will take part in this mission. Among other...
Virgin Galactic has announced that it will start selling tickets to everyone on February 16th. But not everyone can become a space tourist, since the price of a ticket is $450,000. True, the entire amount will not be required immediately, but the deposit is still huge and amounts to $...