Virgin Galactic shows off snazzy new flight suits – no red, purple or white in sight
Y-3, a fashion collaboration between Adidas and Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto, has just unveiled some snazzy new space gear for Virgin Galactic pilots so they can really look the part when taking high-paying tourists on trips to the edge of space.
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo is about to take to the skies again
Following extensive ground-based testing, the first trial flight of Virgin Galactic's newly designed SpaceShipTwo vehicle will take place next month. The spaceplane has been grounded since 2014 following a crash in which one of its two pilots died.
Virgin Galactic wants to launch space tourism flights from an Italian spaceport
Virgin Galactic has inked a deal with two of Italy's largest aerospace firms to build a spaceport there. It'll act as a launch site for suborbital space tourism flights that Virgin Galactic wants to begin in the next 12 months. Initial flights, however, will likely launch from its spaceport in New Mexico.
Watch Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic test its tourist spaceplane
Virgin Galactic believes it can launch a commercial "space tourism" service for suborbital trips within the next 12 months. On Tuesday it took another step toward its goal with the second successful rocket-powered test flight of VSS Unity, the spaceplane that will carry the crew and passengers.
Virgin Galactic ‘neck and neck’ with Blue Origin in space tourism race
Virgin boss Richard Branson says Virgin Galactic's first commercial space tourism flight is "months away, not years away," and he plans to be one of the six passengers on board. The company recently completed a successful test of its new Unity spaceplane that will take tourists to the edge of space — for $250K each.
Space tourism: Virgin Galactic ‘weeks’ away from first test flights in space
Virgin Galactic chairman Richard Branson said on Tuesday, October 9 that test flights for its space tourism service will take crew into space for the first time "within weeks," with the first commercial flights coming "in months and not years." A seat on the spacecraft costs a wallet-melting $250,000.
Watch Virgin Galactic’s tourist spacecraft reach its highest altitude to date
Virgin Galactic has just nailed another test flight of its supersonic tourist spacecraft. VSS Unity was released by its carrier aircraft at 46,500 feet before the pilots fired up the spaceship’s rocket motor that took it to an altitude of 32 miles (50 km) — its highest to date.
Virgin Galactic donates record-breaking SpaceShipTwo rocket to the Smithsonian
Private space company Virgin Galactic recently donated the record-breaking rocket motor of SpaceShipTwo — aka VSS Unity — to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. The rocket powered Unity to the edge of space at almost three times the speed of sound in a test mission on December 13, 2018.
Watch this ground view of Virgin Galactic’s spaceplane soaring toward space
Virgin Galactic has released dramatic footage showing its rocket-powered plane soaring toward space in a successful test flight on Saturday.
Virgin Galactic preps rocket plane for Saturday test flight
Virgin Galactic will send its suborbital space plane on another rocket-powered test flight on Saturday as it eyes the launch of a space tourism service.
Branson aiming to beat Bezos in billionaires’ race to space
In a brazen display of one-upmanship, Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson is aiming to beat Amazon founder and Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos to space.
How to watch Virgin Galactic’s first fully crewed space flight on Sunday
Virgin Galactic is making final preparation for its first fully crewed flight to space, and you can watch the entire event as it happens.
Virgin Galactic video shows off weightless experience in spaceplane
A Virgin Galactic video highlights the kind of experience that space tourism passengers will get to enjoy aboard its spaceplane.
Virgin Galactic offers two free flights to the edge of space
Here's how to enter a sweepstake offering you and a friend the chance to fly to the edge of space with Virgin Galactic.
Virgin Galactic: Final chance to win free flight to edge of space
Time is running out to win a couple of tickets for a ride to the edge of space aboard Virgin Galactic's rocket-powered aircraft.
Virgin Galactic delays the launch of its commercial space tourism service
Virgin Galactic has revealed that it is delaying the launch of its commercial space tourism service until the end of 2022.
Virgin Galactic opens ticket sales for space tourism ride
Virgin Galactic has opened a new phase of ticket sales for its suborbital space tourism ride. But the price of a seat is eye-watering.
Virgin Galactic video offers detailed look at its space tourism ride
Virgin Galactic has released a new video showing off its sub-orbital space tourism ride in greater detail than ever before.
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos ready to send new space rocket skyward
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin spaceflight company are making preparations to launch their suborbital spaceship skyward with a newly designed rocket. Test flights will take place this year, though specific launch dates are yet to be revealed.
Watch Blue Origin’s reusable rocket land flawlessly for a third time
Blue Origin on Saturday nailed its third launch and landing in five months using the same New Shepard rocket, and it's now posted a video on YouTube showing key moments from the successful mission.
Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin’s next space mission will deliberately go wrong
Blue Origin has been making good progress with its New Shepard space missions, but the next one is going to go wrong. The system failure will, however, be carefully planned, and is all part of a safety test for the capsule that'll one day carry people.
Blue Origin’s POV video shows its rocket’s rapid return to Earth
Blue Origin has released a few videos of its New Shephard rocket landings, but this one's a little different. The team behind the reusable launch system recently attached a camera to the rocket itself and filmed New Shepard's rapid return to Earth.
Watch Blue Origin achieve a ‘picture-perfect’ capsule crash-landing
Blue Origin scored another flawless landing of its reusable New Shepard rocket on Sunday, and also tested a crash-landing scenario for its unmanned crew capsule. Check out the video to see it come down.
Blue Origin has set a date for a crucial midair safety test that’ll likely blow up its rocket
As part of its efforts to build a reusable rocket system for tourist trips into space and more, Blue Origin has announced it'll perform a crucial safety test on October 4 that'll likely end with the destruction of its New Shepard rocket.
Blue Origin’s emergency crew capsule test was one of its most dramatic missions yet
Jeff Bezos said he thought this week's crew capsule escape test would send Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket slamming into the desert floor. But not only did the escape test itself go smoothly, the New Shepard, too, survived the dramatic mission.
Jeff Bezos offers a sneak peek at Blue Origin’s newest rocket engine
Blue Origin is building a new engine for its awesome New Glenn rocket, and CEO Jeff Bezos just offered a sneak peek of the very first one.
Climb aboard Blue Origin’s rocket for a (simulated) space ride
Blue Origin is aiming to take tourists into space in the next 18 months, but there's a way to experience the ride well before then.
Blue Origin sends New Shepard space capsule to its highest altitude yet
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space company launched its sub-orbital New Shepard rocket from its spaceport in the west Texas desert on Sunday, April 29, with the ascent taking the capsule to 351,000 feet (66 miles, or 107 kilometers) above the surface of Earth — several miles higher than previous launches.
Prime delivery, straight from the moon? Bezos dreams of heavy industry in space
Amazon and Blue Origin boss Jeff Bezos still wants to go to the moon, but not to simply marvel at the spectacular view. Speaking at an event in Los Angeles, the billionaire said he wants to focus on how to shift heavy industry there from Earth, a move that he said would "make this planet better."
Jeff Bezos unveils Blue Moon lander in grand plan to return to lunar surface
Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos on Thursday unveiled Blue Moon, a lander that he says will journey to the lunar surface by 2024. A larger version of the lander will be able to carry astronauts, deliver payloads, deploy rovers, and act as a launch platform for moon-orbiting satellites.
Blue Origin’s latest mission shows how space tourism might look
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket company is aiming to launch a space tourism service, and on Wednesday its latest successful test mission gave us a look at how the thrilling 10-minute ride might look. The mission also carried with it eight NASA-sponsored R&D experiments that activated during the flight.
Blue Origin set to reveal highest bid so far in space tourism auction
Blue Origin is about to send its first-ever customer on a suborbital space trip. But the seat can only be secured via an auction.
Blue Origin is about to launch ticket sales for its space tourism adventure
It's been a long time coming, but Blue Origin looks set to finally launch ticket sales for its sub-orbital space tourism adventure.
Someone just bid a whopping $4M for a seat on Blue Origin rocket ride
Ahead of the final auction session on Saturday, someone has just bid a whopping $4 million for a seat on Blue Origin's first-ever space tourism flight.