The window for Virgin Galactic’s fight into space is official open. The American spaceflight company shared the announcement on Twitter, saying its SpaceShipTwo will launch this weekend and is monitoring the weather – it currently predicts high-level winds and turbulence. If all goes well, the rocket will take off from Spaceport America in New Mexico, … Read more
Israeli space official Haim Eshed, pictured on the cover of a new book called The Universe Beyond the Horizon, claims that the US and Israel have had contact with aliens An Israeli space official has claimed that aliens are real and secretly in contact with America and Israel – but are keeping their existence … Read more
Mankind has made contact with an alien ‘Galactic Federation’ but it has been kept secret because ‘humanity isn’t ready’, former head of Israel’s space security program claims Haim Eshed said aliens are real and secretly in contact with America and Israel He claimed the ‘Galactic Federation’ runs an underground Mars base with the US The … Read more
Virgin Galactic is set to launch its VSS Unity spaceplane as early as next week – this will be the first flight since coronavirus restrictions were introduced in New Mexico. The flight will launch on or after December 11 from Spaceport America, New Mexico and will see two pilots and an experimental payload for NASA … Read more
Almost a million people could eventually jet into space with Virgin Galactic, sending the company’s revenues sky high, according to new research announced on Monday. Cowen, a global investment management, banking and research firm, on Monday published a note to investors detailing their latest findings on Sir Richard Branson’s firm. Virgin Galactic on June 25 … Read more
Rolls-Royce has partnered with aerospace firm Reaction Engines to create a propulsion system for a new supersonic business jet designed by Virgin Galactic. Richard Branson-owned Virgin Galactic this month unveiled the plane’s design that will fly up to 19 passengers at up to three times the speed of sound. Reaction Engines, based in Oxfordshire, signed … Read more
Rolls-Royce has partnered with aerospace firm Reaction Engines to create a propulsion system for a new supersonic business jet designed by Virgin Galactic. Richard Branson-owned Virgin Galactic this month unveiled the plane’s design that will fly up to 19 passengers at up to three times the speed of sound. Reaction Engines, based in Oxfordshire, signed … Read more
Virgin Galactic reveals supersonic jet design capable of speeds over Mach 3 that will be developed in partnership with Rolls-Royce Virgin Galactic released the first concept images of its supersonic passenger jet It would travel at speeds of Mach 3 at altitudes above 60,000 feet The cabin is customized to fit customers’ needs, like business … Read more
Richard Branson-owned space firm Virgin Galactic has unveiled the design of the cabin and seats for its SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity, that will take the company’s first fee-paying astronauts to the edge of space. Each seat in the six-person cabin has two personal windows for a view of the Earth below and ‘mood lighting’ linked to … Read more
Virgin Galactic has signed a new deal with NASA that will see the Richard Branson owned firm prepare future commercial astronauts for flights to the ISS. Under the agreement, Virgin Galactic will develop a new private orbital astronaut training program and look out for potential space tourist candidates. This is a new initiative for the … Read more