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- Aerospace & Defense News - Space
- Sep 1, 2008 A scale-model plasma rocket engine that is to be tested at the International Space Station could be delivered in 2012 by a NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services COTS program launch system. Houston, Texas-based AdAstraRocket's ISS Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket Vasimir test article will be a...
- Research articles 2008-09-01
- Top US astronaut welcomes space tourism
- TOKYO AFP — The commander of the latest US shuttle mission Tuesday welcomed the advent of space tourism, predicting that such travel is on the brink of the massive growth seen a century ago with airplanes. "The private sector can go out and make money doing something that only...
- Research articles 2008-07-29
- Up, Up And Ka-Ching!
- In a time of tight budgets and earthly priorities, the space business is getting a rejuvenating jolt from entrepreneurs who do the right stuff on the cheap. For decades after Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit the Earth in 1961, the notion that space travel could ever...
- Research articles 2008-02-11
- Aerospace & Defense News - Space
- Jan 28, 2008 NASA may relax sensor requirements before launch. NASA said it will not require all of the shuttle's four fuel sensors to work when it launches next month under a recommendation by the agency's Program Requirements Control Board. The board's recommendation still needs approval from the program-level...
- Research articles 2008-01-28
- Pratt & Whitney Canada Joins Virgin Galactic to Celebrate Unveiling of SpaceshipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo Models; Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW308 is the engine chosen to power WhiteKnightTwo.
- LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC, Jan 23, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Pratt & Whitney Canada today joins Virgin Galactic in New York City to unveil detailed scale models of the world's first commercial passenger suborbital spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, together with the launch aircraft, WhiteKnightTwo. Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW308...
- Research articles 2008-01-23
- Pratt & Whitney Canada Joins Virgin Galactic to Celebrate Unveiling of SpaceshipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo Models
- Pratt & Whitney Canada today joins Virgin Galactic in New York City to unveil detailed scale models of the world's first commercial passenger suborbital spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, together with the launch aircraft, WhiteKnightTwo. Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW308 turbofan is the engine selected to power WhiteKnightTwo (WK2). Pratt & Whitney Canada...
- Research articles 2008-01-23
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308 Engine to Power Virgin Galactic's Suborbital Spaceship Launcher.
- LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC, Jul 11, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.'s PW308 turbofan engine has been selected by The Spaceship Company TSC - a jointly-owned Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites company - to power the White Knight II (WK2) launch aircraft for the...
- Research articles 2007-07-11
- EADS to offer tourist spacecraft by 2012
- PARIS AFP — Getting a closer look at the stars may soon stop being the privilege of a few select billionaires, with the space arm of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company saying Wednesday it plans to have a space tourist plane in operation by 2012. The vessel,...
- Research articles 2007-06-13
- 50 big ideas to navigate tomorrow: Space.
- Jun 08, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review Boss - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Space will be the next frontier to be conquered by bold entrepreneurs. Stephen Hawking, astrophysicist at Cambridge University, says space is the key to mankind's survival. Space travel is destined to become one...
- Research articles 2007-06-08
- NASA, Virgin Galactic, to Explore Future Cooperation
- To: BUSINESS EDITORSContact: David Mould, Headquarters, Washington, +1-202-358-1400, or Michael Mewhinney, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., +1- 650-604-3937, +1-650-604-9000, both of NASA; or Stephen Attenborough of Virgin Galactic, LLC, New York, + 44 207-664-6030 MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA officials signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday...
- Research articles 2007-02-21
- Lift–off for Sweden's space tourism
- STOCKHOLM AFP — A Swedish company signed a deal with Britain's Virgin Galactic they hope will see tourists rocketing off from Sweden's arctic north for two-hour space flights as early as 2010. "A cooperation agreement was signed today between Spacesport Sweden and Virgin Galactic with the aim of starting...
- Research articles 2007-01-26
- Branson unveils glimpse of Virgin civilian spaceship
- NEW YORK AFP — British billionaire Richard Branson unveiled a mockup of his Virgin Galactic civilian spaceship, vowing to do his part to make space travel a reality for millions of people. SpaceShipTwo, a vehicle being built in California's Mojave Desert, has technology that could also be used in airplanes...
- Research articles 2006-09-28
- PARIS A REAL SPACE CADET
- PARIS Hilton is joining the 70-mile high club... by blasting into space on board Virgin's Enterprise rocket. The blonde socialite has paid pounds 108,000 for the trip on tycoon Sir Richard Branson's shuttle, which hasn't even been built yet. Despite being the ultimate thrill...
- Research articles 2006-08-27
- Space cowboy.
- Byline: Claire Sweeney Jun 01, 2006 (Travel Weekly - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Sir Richard Branson is one of the world's greatest entrepreneurs. He has numerous Virgin businesses across the globe and is worth around $US2.9 billion. Sir Richard is working on...
- Research articles 2006-06-01
- Space tourism lures a rising number of US entrepreneurs
- WASHINGTON AFP — Space tourism has caught the imagination of US business leaders, some of whom already have plans to serve what they say may be a multi-billion-dollar industry in a couple of decades. "Space tourism will be a significant portion of the overall travel and tourism industry over...
- Research articles 2006-03-22
- Space: The final frontier for Virgin's frequent fliers
- TRAVEL This just in from Virgin Atlantic: Frequent fliers with mega miles (2 million to be exact) and a yen to blast off -- rather than merely take off -- can redeem miles for a suborbital jaunt on Virgin Galactic's White Knight spaceship, expected to debut commercially in late...
- Research articles 2005-12-09
- Move over Buzz Lightyear! Virgin Atlantic offers flying club members space miles.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-6 December 2005-VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS: Move over Buzz Lightyear! Virgin Atlantic offers flying club members space milesC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06122005 Virgin Atlantic today is joining forces with Virgin Galactic to offer its Flying Club members the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to...
- Research articles 2005-12-06
- Virgin's Branson reveals frequent-flyer space plan
- HONG KONG AFP — Virgin Airlines is to offer frequent-flyer "Space Miles" that passengers can put towards flights in space with the company's soon-to-be-launched Virgin Galactic, boss Richard Branson revealed. The British tycoon, in Hong Kong to promote new Virgin flights to the city, said customers who collected two...
- Research articles 2005-12-06
- Private sector enticing public into final frontier
- All of a sudden, space seems less like the final frontier and more like the next town over. In the six months since SpaceShipOne soared into suborbital space to take the $10 million X Prize, a burst of activity has been aimed at getting humans into space on a...
- Research articles 2005-06-17
- British tycoon Branson unveils plan for commercial space flights
- LONDON AFP — British airline magnate Richard Branson announced a hugely ambitious plan for the world's first commercial space flights, saying he would send "thousands" of fee-paying astronauts into orbit in the next five years. Branson, a flamboyant communicator and high-profile tycoon, said his Virgin Atlantic airline had signed...
- Research articles 2004-09-27
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