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Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne

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Name: Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic goes supersonic

Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic company has successfully completed its first rocket-powered flight — a crucial stage in the project to carry fare-paying passengers on short pleasure rides above the Earth’s atmosphere.The craft, SpaceShipTwo, was carried ... [Published Machinery Market - May 11 2013]

Entities: Virgin Galactic, Supersonic, Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 2 reports

X PRIZE Foundation

The Minds Behind XPRIZE: The making of the next visionary challenge

There have been many critical moments in the history of space exploration -- Sputnik in 1957, Yuri Gagarin in 1961, Neil Armstrong in 1969 -- but if you look back over the history of manned happenings outside of the atmosphere, almost all of these moments ... [Published Blodic.us - May 11 2013]

Entities: Visionary, Brian Binnie, Burt Rutan, X PRIZE Foundation, Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Out of this world: Naples travel agency offers trips to space

Poll A Naples travel agency is sending tourists on an out of this world trip with a hefty price tag.For $200,000 per person and a $20,000 reservation fee, Betty Maclean Travel, Inc., will put you on a waiting list for a 90-minute voyage into outer sp ... [Published Marco Eagle - May 10 2013]

Entities: Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo, Naples, Virgin Galactic, Space Travel

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne

Spectacular Video Of First Virgin Galactic Rocket Test Going Supersonic Ten Miles High

In October 2004, Burt Rutan’s Scaled Composites claimed the $10 million Ansari X Prizewhen their spacecraft SpaceShipOne achieved suborbital flight—the first private organization to do so. Now, the commercial version of SpaceShipOne, Virgin Galactic’s ... [Published PrisonPlanet - May 02 2013]

Entities: Virgin Galactic, Supersonic, Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne, Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Space Tourists Get Ready. Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Makes First Powered Flight.

Several years ago I was at the launch of Virgin Galactic in Londonâs Science Museum. At the time the prospect of space tourists seems more like science fiction than a realistic proposition or business venture.Richard Branson bounded onto the stage with ... [Published Forbes.com - May 02 2013]

Entities: Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic, Space Tourism, Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne, Sound Barrier

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 2 reports

Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo

Spectacular Video Of First Virgin Galactic Rocket Test Going Supersonic Ten Miles High

In October 2004, Burt Rutan’s Scaled Composites claimed the $10 million Ansari X Prize when their spacecraft SpaceShipOne achieved suborbital flight—the first private organization to do so. Now, the commercial version of SpaceShipOne, Virgin ... [Published Singularity Hub - May 01 2013]

Entities: Virgin Galactic, Supersonic, Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo, Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 6 reports

Sir Richard Branson

Private spaceship roars closer to history

For the more than 500 space tourists who have signed up for a trip on Richard Branson?s Virgin Galactic, Monday was a milestone: the day the spaceship that will be carrying them aloft made its first powered flight and broke the sound barrier for its first ... [Published Bend Bulletin - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Sir Richard Branson, Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo, Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 6 reports

A step to space trips

: Virgin Galactic’s passenger spaceplane, which is designed to take tourists to the edge of space, flew its first rocket-powered test flight Monday, breaking the sound barrier at high altitude.SpaceShipTwo ignited its engine after being released by WhiteKnightTwo, ... [Published TTRweekly.com - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Sir Richard Branson, Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo, Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne, National Air & Space Museum, Altitude

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Flame on

NEWS from the fledgling private space business is coming thick and fast. A few days ago the Antares rocket built by Orbital Sciences Corporation made a successful maiden flight , paving the way for Orbital to provide some competition for SpaceX when ... [Published Babbage - The Economist - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: SpaceX, Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne, Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo, Space Tourism

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Virgin Galactic sells tickets for first space flight

If the weather is right, Virgin Galactic today will fire up SpaceShipTwo and blast the six-passenger commercial spaceplane on a flight that will break the sound barrier.If today's test, and a few more along the way, go well, the maiden voyage into space ... [Published Travel Mole - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard Branson, Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne, Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo, Sun HE

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

SpaceShipTwo Tests Its Rocket Engine and Goes Supersonic

ehartwell writes "It's official. This morning, after WhiteKnightTwo released SpaceShipTwo at an altitude of around 50,000 feet, pilots Mark Stucky and Mike Alsbury ignited the engine for a roughly 16-second blast. After the engine cutoff, the plane coasted ... [Published Slashdot - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo, Supersonic, Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne, Virgin Galactic, Speed of Sound

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

SpaceShipTwo could go supersonic Monday, billionaire backer says

MarsScientific.com / Clay Center Observatory Cold oxidizer streams from the back of SpaceShipTwo's engine during a unpowered test flight on April 12. Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of Virgin Galactic, says the rocket plane could go supersonic ... [Published Cosmic Log - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo, Supersonic, Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne, Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard Branson

Quotes

...Both of those can be equally daunting. Skeptics used to say the industry couldn't do it. Now there's the risk of new enthusiasts saying "do it this way, do it that way, or the industry needs to change its aim" just as commercial space reaches its target

Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Science and Space Hearing [Published Zecco - May 17 2013]

Space.com reports ticket prices for Virgin Galactics suborbital SpaceShipTwo are set to jump 25 percent in the next week or so. "In about a weeks time, were going to put the price up to $250,000 until the first 1,000 people have traveled, so that it matches up with inflation since we started" Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson told SPACE.com

Virgin to Raise Space Ticket Prices [Published VOA News - Apr 30 2013]

Sir Richard, who was at the test flight, said it was "history in the making". Space dreams: Sir Richard Branson He said: "The first powered flight of Virgin Spaceship Enterprise was without any doubt, our single most important flight test to date."

Virgin Galactic completes first rocket-powered test flight [Published Mirror.co.uk - Apr 30 2013]

...Did you ever think to yourself, "Whoa, I didn't think it was going to work that way" ?

Virgin billionaire can't wait for his own space trip [Published NBCNews.com - Apr 29 2013]

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Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Sub... [Published Zecco - May 17 2013]
Virgin Galactic goes supersonic [Published Machinery Market - May 11 2013]
The Minds Behind XPRIZE: The making of the next... [Published Blodic.us - May 11 2013]
The Minds Behind XPRIZE: The making of the next... [Published Engadget - May 10 2013]
Out of this world: Naples travel agency offers ... [Published Marco Eagle - May 10 2013]
SpaceX and the business of space [Published Business Spectator - May 03 2013]
Space Tourists Get Ready. Virgin Galactic's Spa... [Published Forbes.com - May 02 2013]
Spectacular Video Of First Virgin Galactic Rock... [Published PrisonPlanet - May 02 2013]
Crowd-Sourcing the Final Frontier [Published Forbes.com - May 02 2013]
U.S. crew and cargo candidate takes shape with ... [Published MoldMaking Technology - May 01 2013]
With Spaceship’s Rocket Test-flight, ‘The Hard ... [Published Space News - May 01 2013]
Spectacular Video Of First Virgin Galactic Rock... [Published Singularity Hub - May 01 2013]
Virgin to Raise Space Ticket Prices [Published VOA News - Apr 30 2013]
The Final Frontier: A New Polluting Industry Ta... [Published Good Magazine - Apr 30 2013]
Private spaceship roars closer to history [Published Bend Bulletin - Apr 30 2013]
A step to space trips [Published TTRweekly.com - Apr 30 2013]
Virgin Galactic completes first rocket-powered ... [Published Mirror.co.uk - Apr 30 2013]
Virgin Galactic breaks sound barrier, set to re... [Published King5.com - Apr 30 2013]
Virgin billionaire can't wait for his own space... [Published NBCNews.com - Apr 29 2013]
Billionaire Richard Branson can't wait for his ... [Published Cosmic Log - Apr 29 2013]
Flame on [Published Babbage - The Economist - Apr 29 2013]
Virgin Galactic sells tickets for first space f... [Published Travel Mole - Apr 29 2013]
SpaceShipTwo Tests Its Rocket Engine and Goes S... [Published Slashdot - Apr 29 2013]
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo makes 1st powere... [Published Yahoo! News - Apr 29 2013]
Virgin Galactic spaceship makes 1st powered fli... [Published KESQ - Apr 29 2013]
Space tourism milepost: Virgin Galactic test fl... [Published Inside Bay Area - Apr 29 2013]
Virgin Galactic spaceship makes 1st powered flight [Published Denver Post - Apr 29 2013]
SpaceShipTwo goes supersonic during first rocke... [Published Cosmic Log - Apr 29 2013]
SpaceShipTwo fires its rocket engine for first ... [Published Cosmic Log - Apr 29 2013]
SpaceShipTwo lights up its rocket for first tim... [Published Cosmic Log - Apr 29 2013]

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The Minds Behind XPRIZE: The making of the next... [Published Engadget - May 10 2013] There have been many critical moments in the history of space exploration -- Sputnik in 1957, Yuri Gagarin in 1961, Neil Armstrong in 1969 -- but if you look back over the history of manned happenings outside of the atmosphere, almost all of these ...
Spectacular Video Of First Virgin Galactic Rock... [Published Singularity Hub - May 01 2013] In October 2004, Burt Rutan’s Scaled Composites claimed the $10 million Ansari X Prize when their spacecraft SpaceShipOne achieved suborbital flight—the first private organization to do so. Now, the commercial version of SpaceShipOne, Virgin ...
Billionaire Richard Branson can't wait for his ... [Published Cosmic Log - Apr 29 2013] Mark Greenberg / Virgin Galactic A bearded Richard Branson (center) gets a congratulatory hug from SpaceShipTwo designer Burt Rutan. Sierra Nevada Corp.'s Mark Sirangelo, who was involved in the development of SpaceShipTwo's hybrid rocket engine, can ...
Flame on [Published Babbage - The Economist - Apr 29 2013] NEWS from the fledgling private space business is coming thick and fast. A few days ago the Antares rocket built by Orbital Sciences Corporation made a successful maiden flight , paving the way for Orbital to provide some competition for SpaceX when ...
SpaceShipTwo goes supersonic during first rocke... [Published Cosmic Log - Apr 29 2013] Watch SpaceShipTwo break the speed of sound during first rocket-powered flight. Watch on YouTube /div>By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News Follow @b0yle !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");/div> ...