David Jradded this to UFO Space Aliens News Virgin Galactic Expects Rapid Conclusion of SpaceShipTwo Test Flights After Downtimespace.com COLORADO SPRINGS — Virgin Galactic's chief pilot believes the company will be able to go through the remainder of its SpaceShipTwo test program …
archwizardadded this to Pour HommeBusiness The private frontier: corporate space explorers stand by for a $1tn lift-offThe Guardian - Jasper JollyPresident Donald Trump has struggled with some of his signature policy promises, but now he has set his sights higher: a return to the moon, five decades after humans last set foot there. The White House
Space Beth Moses Gets Wings After Historic Flightaplus.com In February, Beth Moses became the first woman to ever take a commercial space flight. Now, she’s being awarded her astronaut wings. Her flight …
The Washington PostSamsung Facebook 'unintentionally uploaded' email contacts of 1.5 million usersThe Washington Post10 things to know about Samsung's new folding phone, the Galaxy Fold Meet Katie Bouman, the young woman behind the first image of a black hole The world just saw its first black hole. Our pop culture were
Space Exploration Majority of Americans Believe It Is Essential That the U.S. Remain a Global Leader in Spacemedium.com - Professor Mike Professor MikeBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Apr 17 Despite the increasing role of private companies in space exploration, most believe NASA’s role is …
Bakersfield, CA Vintage World War IIbakersfield.com - STEVEN MAYER smayer@bakersfield.com A crowd of aviation enthusiasts and history buffs filled the reception area at Bakersfield Jet Center to welcome a small squadron of vintage …
Esquire Middle Eastadded this to TravelStratolaunch What is Stratolaunch? – The world’s biggest airplaneesquireme.com - Thomas Shambler • Stratolaunch is the world’s largest aeroplane by wingspan• Its owner is hoping it will one day carry rockets into the atmosphere, before blasting them …
The Epoch Timesadded this to Science NewsStratolaunch World’s Largest Plane Makes First Flight Over Californiatheepochtimes.com - Reuters LOS ANGELES—The world’s largest aircraft took off over the Mojave Desert in California on Saturday, the first flight for the carbon-composite plane …
Audioburstadded this to Audioburst Health & Science News Listen: Plane with the largest wingspan in the world takes flightAudioburst - WNYC 93.9 FM "The world's largest aircraft made its maiden flight in California. On saturday. The plane has to coke pits and a wingspan longer than the length of …
The New Dailyadded this to LifeStratolaunch High, wide and handsome: Record-breaking plane takes flight over Californian desertthenewdaily.com.au - Will Higginbotham A plane with a whopping wingspan twice the length of an Olympic-sized swimming pool could revolutionise the way scientists and the military send …
Stratolaunch Watch plane with world's longest wingspan lift offctvnews.ca - John Antczak LOS ANGELES -- A giant six-engine aircraft with the world's longest wingspan completed what company officials called a superb initial flight over …
Engadgetadded this to Latest NewsStratolaunch Stratolaunch completes the first flight of the world's largest airplaneEngadget - Jon FingasThe aircraft is designed to carry rockets into orbit. Stratolaunch is making some history even as it scales back its ambitions -- the company has successfully flown the world's largest aircraft, the Scaled
The Scotsmanadded this to Top StoriesRichard Branson The ‘grit’ to go where no women have gone beforescotsman.com - Emma Newlands One of the key speakers at this year’s Investing Women AccelerateHER Conference next week is aiming to inspire attendees to have more “grit”, …
Clayton Tyeadded this to Space RaceRichard Branson Virgin Galactic space travel nears lift-offReuters - Thomson ReutersJames Clash can hardly wait. He's a member of an exclusive group signed up for space tourist flights with Virgin Galactic, some of whom paid up to $250,000 and have waited more than a decade to be one
Reuters UKRichard Branson Cufflinks and the Caribbean - How Virgin Galactic kept space tourists' interest and moneyReuters UKCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - Virgin Galactic’s goal to fly tourists into space as early as this summer is about 12 years later than initially promised by its founder, British billionaire Sir Richard
Brigitteallegraadded this to Out ThereStratolaunch Stratolaunch: 'World's largest plane' lifts off for the first timeBBC News - BBC WorldThe world's largest aeroplane by wingspan has taken flight for the first time. Built by Stratolaunch, the company set up by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2011, the aircraft is designed to
GOBankingRatesadded this to Invest Personal Finance How Much Money Private and Public Companies Have Poured Into Spacegobankingrates.com - Daria Uhlig For every industry, there’s a batch of startups ready to turn the status quo on its head. That’s certainly the case within the $350 billion space …
Science (India) International Day of Human Space Flight: Celebrating Our Growing Footprint in the Great Beyondweather.com - Deekshith Nevil Pinto In 2011, the United Nations declared April 12 the ‘International Day of Human Space Flight’. On this very day in 1962, Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet …
ReutersAerospace Space |Reuters - Reuters EditorialAbout 100 excited Chinese teenagers completed a five-hour tour of a space colony against a desolate backdrop not unlike the desert planet of Tatooine, the home world of Luke Skywalker. NEW YORK (Thomson
Forbesadded this to TechnologySpaceIL XPRIZE Chief: Israel's Moonshot Shows Space Startups The WayForbes - Amir MizrochShe is the first female private space explorer to travel to the International Space Station, the first Muslim woman in space, and founder of the Ansari XPRIZE, which gave life to Virgin Galactic and Space
The Wall Street Journal.Space For $50 Million, Book Your Vacation in SpaceThe Wall Street Journal. - Robert WallAn unprecedented boom in the commercialization of space is lifting the hopes of an industry that has been trying to take off for years: space tourism. Within the next few years, Richard Branson’s Virgin
EngadgetGuam Virgin Orbit will launch satellites from GuamEngadget - Mariella MoonThe island's close proximity to the equator makes it an ideal launch site. Virgin Orbit has added one more location to its growing list of launch sites: Guam. The US island territory's close proximity
FAA Virgin Galactic Trio, Including the 1st Woman, Receives Their Commercial Astronaut Wingsspace.com - www.space.com Virgin Galactic's chief astronaut instructor, Beth Moses, received her commercial astronaut wings from the Federal Aviation Administration yesterday …
grafhamadded this to DefenceF-35 F-35 Auto GCAS Technology Wins Collier TrophyFlying Magazine - Stephen Pope The National Aeronautic Association announced that the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS) Team is the recipient of the 2018 …
No nausea for Beth Moses, Virgin's space tourist trainerphys.org - Ivan Couronne Beth Moses was in the cabin of a Virgin Galactic spaceship when it climbed to 56 miles above California's Mojave Desert on February 22, crossing the …
ddinomsuadded this to Zero hour Nine AMUnited Arab Emirates Elon Musk takes the baton as space race hots upthenational.ae - The National On the same day human kind saw a black hole for the first time, Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing to launch Falcon Heavy - its massive, heavy-lift …
Entrepreneuradded this to Latest NewsEntrepreneurship Don't Let Your Ego Get in the Way of SuccessEntrepreneur - Candace SjogrenKeep these four steps in mind when turning your idea into a reality. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. No matter whether I’m speaking to a new or an established founder, the
Bakersfield, CA Virgin Galactic trainer becomes first woman to receive commercial astronaut wingsbakersfield.com - STEVEN MAYER smayer@bakersfield.com She works in the tiny town of Mojave in eastern Kern County's commercial space industry. Earlier this week, Beth Moses, chief astronaut instructor at …
Axiosadded this to ScienceSpace Exploration The new era of space exploration is reshaping life on Earth and beyondAxios - Miriam Kramer The new era of space exploration is faster-moving, more international and open to far more players than ever before — all of whom stand to determine …
Noah Gunzingeradded this to Railway NewsVirgin Trains Orlando bonds approved as Brightline becomes Virgin Trains USArailwaygazette.com - DVV Media International Ltd USA: Virgin Trains USA has been granted approval by the Florida Development Finance Corp to raise $950m in Private Activity Bond sales to fund the …
