by David Todd | Aug 7, 2018 | Commercial human spaceflight, Seradata News, Suborbital, Virgin Galactic
The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, VSS Unity, has made its third test flight, and the seventh in total for the SpaceShipTwo rocketplane design. The first four were flown by VSS Enterprise but it was destroyed in an accident involving premature feathering... 
by David Todd | May 30, 2018 | Commercial human spaceflight, Seradata News, Suborbital, Technology, Virgin Galactic
On 29 May, Virgin Galactic made the second flight of its SpaceShipTwo VSS-Unity rocket plane which ignited its rocket after being dropped by its carrier aircraft VMS Eve. The rocket plane’s rocket engine burned for 31 seconds, with the craft achieving Mach... 
by David Todd | Apr 6, 2018 | Commercial human spaceflight, Space tourism, Virgin Galactic
The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, VSS Unity, has restarted test flights two years after the fatal test flight that killed co-pilot Mike Alsbury. A combination of pilot error and poor design were blamed for the premature feathering of the wing. The craft,... 
by David Todd | Jan 18, 2018 | Seradata News, Virgin Galactic
The small satellite manufactuer, GomSpace, has formally made a launch booking on the yet-to-fly VirginOne launch vehicle operated by Virgin Orbit – itself a spin off from Virgin Galactic. The flight will carry eight cubesats for Aerial & Maritime Ltd,... 
by David Todd | Oct 30, 2017 | Seradata News, Virgin Galactic
On 26 October, the Virgin Group, the holding company of both firms announced that Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth firm – the public investment fund (PIF) – is to make an overall investment of US$1 billion in both Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit... 
by David Todd | Mar 21, 2017 | History, NASA, Virgin Galactic
While most people visiting Washington DC will be aware of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in the centre of the city, some will not know that there are actually two museums. The second one lies at Chantilly, Virginia, near to Dulles International Airport,...
