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Virgin Galactic
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 3:23 pm
by wjfox
A thread for Branson's space company.
Major test flight happening right now:
Re: Virgin Galactic
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 3:44 pm
by raklian
Back to Earth safely! This is the beginning of a new era of spaceflight!
Re: Virgin Galactic
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 4:03 pm
by raklian
Re: Virgin Galactic
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 4:05 pm
by raklian
Re: Virgin Galactic
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 4:13 pm
by raklian
Re: Virgin Galactic
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 4:21 pm
by raklian
Yikes!
Re: Virgin Galactic
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 4:25 pm
by raklian
Re: Virgin Galactic
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 6:40 pm
by raklian
Here's the video showing the weightlessness and viewing of the Earth via the windows the crew experienced.
Re: Virgin Galactic
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:49 pm
by wjfox
Virgin Galactic may sell $500m of shares after space success
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57810029
Re: Virgin Galactic
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2023 8:06 pm
by weatheriscool
SpaceShipTwo makes first flight in nearly two years
Jeff Foust April 26, 2023
https://spacenews.com/spaceshiptwo-make ... two-years/
WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic’s suborbital spaceplane flew freely for the first time in nearly two years April 26 on a glide flight that prepares the company for powered flights and commercial service.
The company’s SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle, VSS Unity, was carried aloft by the VMS Eve mothership aircraft flying out of Spaceport America in New Mexico. Unity released from the plane at 9:47 a.m. Eastern at an altitude of 14,300 meters and glided to a runway landing back at the spaceport nine minutes later.
Virgin Galactic pilots CJ Sturckow and Nicola Pecile were at the controls of VSS Unity during the test flight, while company pilots Kelly Latimer and Jameel Janjua were flying VMS Eve.
