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The story behind Virgin Galactic - SpaceShipOne to SpaceShipTwo and beyond

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

On October 4th, 2004 SpaceShipOne was the first private vehicle to make it in to space and after a second successful flight won the Ansari X-Prize.

On July 28th, 2008 WhiteKnightTwo rolled out on the runway with SpaceShipTwo getting ready for a 2009 rollout. These new crafts will enable for the first time in human history privatized space travel. Anyone, you included, will be able to reach low earth orbit and experience weightlessness. This will forever change the course of human exploration.

This is the story of Virgin Galactic.

Rocket launches, new space suit, Google goes to space and more - #012

Friday, June 13th, 2008

There were two rocket launches this week which we get to watch as well as our usual space news! Google founder buys a ticket to the ISS for $5 million, an oceanic company wins a NASA bid to build the new spacesuits, our sun satellite mission is coming to a close and the NASA [...]

GIOVE-B Launch coverage from the ESA

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

The European Space Agency launch a Soyuz rocket with the next satellite for the Galileo GPS system: GIOVE-B.

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