Also: Starlinks soar but GPS stays grounded, NASA names first Virgin Galactic flier In Brief There was good news for International Space Station (ISS) residents this week as the crew managed to plug a leak in the orbiting laboratory. While never...
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The window for the final round of testing of Virgin Galactic's rocket-powered spacecraft opens later this week as the company inches toward commercial flights.
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Sustainability is a top priority for the company so helium will be used to float the capsules.
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Spanish startup EOS-X Space wants to take 10,000 people to the edge of space within the next 10 years.
The journeys will be in pressurized...
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Virgin Galactic has started preparing for its first suborbital spaceflight that’s launching from Spaceport America in New Mexico. CNBC found FCC filings back in September revealing the aerospace company’s plans for the last round of SpaceShipTwo...
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Being a space tourism company still in its infancy, Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) stock was as hard hit as any other tourism operation when the coronavirus pandemic swept the globe. And like many other tourism operations, the company has managed to...
Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) is one of those companies that is high risk and high reward potential for investors. The company is literally trying to invent space flight as a business model, and could flame out before it generates any meaningful...
Virgin Galactic will be conducting a crewed test of it SpaceShipTwo next month, inching closer to its plan of taking tourists to the very edge of space.
Virgin Galactic has announced a partnership with engine-maker Rolls Royce to develop a supersonic jetliner that will be even faster than the Concorde
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Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE). Westport Fuel Systems (NASDAQ: WPRT). Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG).What do a space tourism company, a maker of liquefied natural gas-powered truck engines, and a vertically integrated hydrogen fuel company have in common?...
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Virgin Galactic Holdings (NYSE: SPCE) is a space tourism company that's never actually carried any tourists into space. If that sounds a little strange to you, then you'll love this next bit: On Monday, Virgin Galactic reported its fiscal Q2 2020...
The British company will focus on engine propulsion technology for a future commercial plane expected to travel at Mach 3.
The British billionaire's space tourism company cites setbacks due to the pandemic.
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Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic announces a partnership with Rolls Royce.The space tourism company will create a new supersonic jet for super-fast travel on Earth. The aircraft will travel at Mach 3 – three times the speed of sound.Virgin...
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Aerospace and space travel company Virgin Galactic Holdings (NYSE: SPCE) today announced that it has a new agreement with Rolls-Royce Holdings (OTC: RYCEY) to collaborate on a high speed aircraft. Rolls-Royce was the maker of the engines for the...
In addition to space tourism, Virgin Galactic has big plans for high-speed air travel. Those plans require a new kind of aircraft, and today, the company unveiled the initial design concepts for its March 3 high-speed plane. Virgin Galactic also...
Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings (NYSE: SPCE) jumped 6.5% at the open on Monday after the space tourism company announced a partnership with Rolls-Royce (OTC: RYCEY) to develop supersonic propulsion technology.Rolls-Royce is a well-established...
Space tourism company Virgin Galactic on Monday announced a partnership with engine-maker Rolls-Royce to build a supersonic commercial airplane that flies at three times the speed of sound.
Virgin Galactic is making strides towards its goal of creating high-speed commercial aircraft that operates a little closer to Earth than its existing passenger spacecraft. The company revealed the initial design of the commercial passenger...
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Since 2001, only seven people have travelled into space as tourists with American company Space Adventure. The industry appears to be blossoming, however, as several other firms, including Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin and Zero2Infinity have...
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Passengers able to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a seat can escape gravity for a few minutes.