Virgin Galactic launches its first flight with space tourists
Virgin Galactic's seventh sub-orbital spaceflight included three space tourists, its first fully commercial passengers.
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Virgin Galactic's seventh sub-orbital spaceflight included three space tourists, its first fully commercial passengers.
Rocket company is halting its operations indefinitely after failing to secure new funds following scrubbed mission.
To meet rising demand, SpaceX plans three rideshare missions per year to give small satellites access to space.
The mission was "safely terminated" shortly after the rocket was released from a Boeing 747 aircraft in what was meant to be its first mid-air ignition.
A high-speed train traveling from Southern California to Las Vegas might just be a few years away.
Virgin founder Richard Branson's rocket-powered passenger spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, zoomed closer to taking tourists to the edge of space Tuesday.
Virgin Galactic has conducted the first powered test flight of its new space tourism rocket.
The company also said Monday it had reached speeds of 387 km per hour, or roughly 240 miles per hour.
USC Professor John Boudreau says businesses have begun to increasingly treat workers like customers -- especially in competitive fields like high tech.
Billionaire Richard Branson is promising to find out what caused the crash of his Virgin Galactic prototype space tourism rocket that killed a test pilot, but federal investigators are cautioning that it may take up to a year to learn exactly what went wrong.
The pilot killed during a test flight of Virgin Galactic's prototype space tourism rocket over the Mojave Desert on Friday was identified Saturday as a 39-year-old Tehachapi man.
Billionaire adventurer Richard Branson on Tuesday unveiled a new single-person submarine that he said will be used to set new world records by exploring the five deepest parts of the world's oceans.
Billionaire adventurer Richard Branson is hinting at underwater adventures with the unveiling of his latest business venture at a Southern California yacht club.
