by David Todd | May 9, 2012 | Science, Suborbital, Technology
In early May, teams of rocket enthusiasts were at the Big Range 2012 Launch Campaign in Sutherland, Scotland to hold suborbital high altitude experimental rocketry tests. The event is a collaboration between the Scottish Aeronautics & Rocketry Association...
by Zach | Dec 9, 2011 | Suborbital, Technology
After firing from Spaceport America in New Mexico, Armadillo’s Stig-A successfully flew to 137,000 ft. Stig-A is now nearly halfway to the Karman Line, the arbitrary line that marks the official transition from atmosphere to space. Of course, there is a video...
by Dan Thisdell | Sep 28, 2011 | commercial launch services, History, Personal spaceflight, Seradata News, Suborbital, Technology
Sometimes, it’s best to let things speak for themselves. Read on, friends (our highlights): The First Vibrator in Space Los Angeles, CA – September 27, 2011 — On October 8, 2011, online sex toy sales leader SexToy.com, will lead a team to...
by Rob Coppinger | Apr 28, 2010 | Commercial human spaceflight, Personal spaceflight, Space tourism, Suborbital, Technology
French aerospace company Dassault Aviation’s In the Air newsletter issue 14 has provided an update on its spaceflight related activities and teased us with the prospect of an imminent report outlining a possible future for the European suborbital vehicle VSH, or...
by Rob Coppinger | Mar 22, 2010 | Commercial human spaceflight, Personal spaceflight, Space tourism, Spaceport, Suborbital, Technology, Virgin Galactic, White Knight
Watch this 22s video of Virgin Galactic’s first SpaceShipTwo (SS2) captive carry flight on 22 March 2010 as the WhiteKnight Twi, SS2 vehicles pass over Mojave
by Rob Coppinger | Feb 10, 2010 | commercial launch services, ESA, Space tourism, Suborbital, Technology
Not yet available at either the British National Space Centre or Space Innovation and Growth Team (IGT) websites but found here at its own website, here are some choice qoutes from the latest review of the UK’s spaceflight industry, the Space IGT’s...
