SpaceShipOne News

Virgin Galactic unveils SpaceShipTwo and White Knight II designs

Posted at: Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 | Source: Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic herald's 'The Year of the Spaceship with the unveiling of the designs of SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo. Virgin Galactic today unveiled the design of its new, environmentally benign, space launch system based on the X Prize winning technology of ...

Virgin Galactic on track to begin space flights

Posted at: Tue Jul 18th, 2006 | Source: cnn.com

LONDON, England (AP) -- Former "Dallas" star Victoria Principal, "Superman Returns" director Bryan Singer and designer Philippe Starck have booked their flights for tourist trips into outer space, an executive for Virgin Galactic said Monday.

SpaceShipOne plus two

Posted at: Mon Jun 26th, 2006 | Source: thespacereview.com

Last week marked the second anniversary of SpaceShipOne's historic suborbital spaceflight, yet prospective tourists may have to wait two more years before they can make a similar flight. Jeff Foust examines the reasons behind the lag in the suborbital space tourism marketplace, and what hope there i...