Virgin Galactic shared an awe-inspiring video from the final flight of its VSS Unity spaceplane. The space plane’s final commercial mission, called Galactic 07, took off from Spaceport America in southern New Mexico at 10:31 a.m. EDT (1431 GMT) on June 8. The suborbital flight carried a Turkish researcher and three private astronauts to an […]
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Virgin Galactic launching final commercial spaceflight on VSS Unity spaceplane today
The excitement is building for the liftoff of Virgin Galactic’s seventh commercial spaceflight. The launch window for the mission, known as Galactic 07, opens at 8:30am MT (10:30 a.m. EDT or 1430 GMT) on Saturday (June 8) and will depart from Spaceport America in southwestern New Mexico. The Galactic 07 crew will include Axiom Space […]
Virgin Galactic eyes June 8 for final commercial spaceflight on VSS Unity spaceplane
The excitement is building for the liftoff of Virgin Galactic’s seventh commercial spaceflight. The launch window for the mission, known as Galactic 07, opens at 8:30am MT (10:30 a.m. EDT or 1430 GMT) on Saturday (June 8) and will depart from Spaceport America in southwestern New Mexico. The Galactic 07 crew will include Axiom Space […]
Chinese Spaceplane Releases Mysterious Object in Orbit Months After Launch
China’s curious spaceplane is at it again, releasing an unidentified object into orbit that could signal the end of its mysterious mission. The U.S. Space Force is currently tracking the mystery object, which the reusable spaceplane appears to have released on May 24 at around 3 p.m. ET, Jonathan McDowell, astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center […]
US military’s secretive X-37B spaceplane ready for launch to higher orbit
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – After weeks of false starts and delays, SpaceX teams prepared again on Thursday to launch the military’s secretive X-37B robot spaceplane on its seventh mission, the first atop a rocket capable of delivering it to a higher orbit than ever before. The SpaceX Falcon […]