Virgin Galactic’s winged rocketplane carried a two-man crew and four passengers to the edge of space and back Friday, chalking up the company’s 11th sub-orbital spaceflight and its sixth commercial mission. With veteran pilots C.J. Sturckow and Nicola Pecile at the controls, the Unity spacecraft was carried aloft from New Mexico’s Spaceport America by Virgin […]
Virgin Galactic just launched its sixth commercial spaceflight. That mission, called Galactic 06, sent four private passengers to suborbital space and back, among them the first Ukrainian woman ever to reach the final frontier. “Welcome back to Earth, #Galactic06! Our pilots, crew and spaceship have landed safely at Spaceport America, New Mexico,” Virgin Galactic said […]
Virgin Galactic’s sixth commercial spaceflight may be just around the corner. The launch window for the crewed suborbital mission, known as Galactic 06, opens on Jan. 26. And, to help remind us of this fact and build up interest in the flight, Virgin Galactic just released the mission’s patch. “The patch represents the Ukrainian, Austrian […]
Virgin Galactic’s sixth commercial spaceflight will lift off next month, if all goes according to plan. The mission, known as Galactic-06, is targeted for Jan. 26, Virgin Galactic announced in a statement issued on Tuesday (Dec. 19). The flight will include four private astronauts — one from Texas, one from California, one from Austria and […]
A member of a galactic quartet steals the show in a stunning new image from the Hubble Space Telescope. The irregular galaxy, NGC 2814, takes center stage in the new Hubble view, which excludes its three nearby companion galaxies. Together, the four neighboring galaxies comprise a galactic group named Holmberg 124. “The galaxy appears to […]
23_12_13 The outside view of a Virgin Galactic spacecraft taking off _MF Dload _source Virgin Galactic The excitement around Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) has faded considerably. The shares are now down over 90% from the peak levels reached in 2021. But the idea of a space tourism business might still get the science fiction geek […]