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Space Tourism Firm Gets OK To Test Rocket

Posted 05.31.2012

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By: Brian Berger, Space News Published: 05/31/2012 05:31 AM EDT on SPACE.com WASHINGTON — The developer of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo subo...

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"Space Is Wide Open": Talking With Virgin Galactic CTO Steve Isakowitz

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 01.21.2012

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"We're opening up the space frontier to all, not just those lucky few public astronauts who are sponsored by the government or those that happen to be rich enough to be able to spend 40 million to fly on a Russian vehicle."

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Virgin Galactic Is Hiring... Astronauts

Posted 06.12.2011

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Virgin Galactic is hiring for an out-of-this-world job that may be the first of its kind and marks a step forward in Virgin's efforts to pioneer comme...

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WATCH: Virgin's SpaceShipTwo Makes First Solo Flight

The Huffington Post | Samira Nanda | Posted 05.25.2011

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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo made its first solo glide flight on Sunday in the Mojave Desert in California, marking a step forward in the company's ...

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Private Spaceship Makes First Solo Flight

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP/HUFFINGTON POST) MOJAVE, Calif. -- Virgin Galactic's space tourism rocket SpaceShipTwo achieved its first solo glide flight Sunday, marking anothe...

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SpaceShipTwo VIDEO: WATCH VSS Enterprise's Virgin Flight

Huffington Post/AP | John Antzcak | Posted 05.25.2011

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*See video below* LOS ANGELES -- Virgin Galactic's fledgling space tourism rocket, or 'SpaceShipTwo,' was taken aloft over the California desert on a...

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Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo getting ready for test flights ahead of space tourism

Tom Chivers | Posted 05.25.2011

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Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo: to unveil commercial spaceship

AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 05.25.2011

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*See photos below* LOS ANGELES -- A spacecraft designed to rocket wealthy tourists into space as early as 2011 was unveiled Monday in what backers ...

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Horse Races with Rocket Engines

William Pomerantz | Posted 05.25.2011

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We're clearly coming into an era where commercial competition will have a major impact on the aerospace community -- and on the financial community as well.

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Commercial Spaceflight for the Rest of Us -- Congratulations to Virgin Galactic

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites have rolled out SpaceShipTwo, a new commercial spaceship that will be flown by two pilots with seats for six paying passengers.

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Launching Commercial Space Flight: Part Three - Will Whitehorn and Virgin Galactic Want to Bring You to Space

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

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We anticipate that approximately 600 people will go to space in the first year that SpaceShipTwo begins space tours. That's essentially the total number of people who have ever gone to space.

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