Science Aug 10 Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic flies its first tourists to the edge of space By Susan Montoya Bryan, Marcia Dunn, Associated Press
Science Jul 11 Watch 4:53 Space race: Richard Branson flies to space on Virgin Galactic British billionaire Richard Branson took off on Virgin Galactic on Sunday with five others on a historic space flight. Cruising to an altitude of 50 miles, Branson did not cross the Karman line, yet beat Jeff Bezos in the billionaire… By PBS NewsHour
Nation Dec 13 Virgin Galactic tourist rocket ship reaches space in test Thursday's supersonic flight takes Virgin Galactic closer to turning the long-delayed dream of commercial space tourism into reality. The company aims to take paying customers on the six-passenger rocket, which is about the size of an executive jet. By John Antczak, Associated Press
Nation Jul 28 Investigators rule catastrophic structural failure resulted in 2014 Virgin Galactic crash Federal safety investigators said Tuesday the crash of a Virgin Galactic spaceship last year was caused by a catastrophic structural failure triggered when the co-pilot unlocked the craft's braking system early. By Kevin Freking, Associated Press
Science Nov 03 Watch Will rocket accidents slow the business of space tourism? – Part 2 By PBS News Hour
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Nov 02 Virgin Galactic’s ‘SpaceshipTwo’ had ‘in-flight separation’ before crash By Carey Reed The Virgin Galactic test flight that crashed in California's Mojave desert last week began breaking apart mid-air, according to officials from the National Transportation Safety Board, which launched its investigation Saturday. … Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch Silicon Valley entrepreneurs set their sights on space travel, moon mining Silicon Valley entrepreneurs set their sights on space travel, moon mining… Continue watching