by Rob Coppinger | Jul 28, 2009 | Personal spaceflight, Space tourism, Suborbital, Virgin Galactic, White Knight
Above is the left hand seat of WhiteKnight Two’s starboard cabin command module with the helmets of its pilot Peter Siebold and co-pilot Clint Nichols. Watch a video of the interior belowIn the extended section of this blog post are more exclusive pictures...
by Rob Coppinger | Jul 24, 2009 | Ares, Commercial human spaceflight, Constellation, COTS, exploration, Orion, Personal spaceflight, Space tourism, Spaceport, Virgin Galactic, White Knight
From 25 July to 14 August Hyperbola will be based in the US and working on the east coast and in Colorado and Utah, on Mountain time. From the public debut of Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnight Two at the EAA AirVenture air show at Oshkosh to the latest on...
by Rob Coppinger | Jul 22, 2009 | Personal spaceflight, Space tourism, Suborbital, Virgin Galactic, White Knight
credit Flight / caption: what further control surface changes are being made?Has Scaled Composites made further changes to the rudder of its WhiteKnight Two prototype Eve?In the company’s online log for its WK2 prototype’s flight test 13 it says:...
by Rob Coppinger | Jul 1, 2009 | Commercial human spaceflight, Personal spaceflight, Space tourism, Spaceport, Suborbital, Technology, Virgin Galactic, White Knight
credit: Lukas Wilcocks/Flight / caption: Whitehorn said that UK space law would stop Virgin Galactic flyingAt the Royal Aeronautical Society’s 30 June 2009 space tourism conference EADS Astrium’s deputy chief technical officer Hugues...
by David Todd | May 21, 2009 | Space tourism, Technology, Virgin Galactic, White Knight
credit Flight / caption: WhiteKnight Two makes fifth flight one month after its fourthYesterday on 20 May Scaled Composite’s WhiteKnight Two prototype Virgin Mothership Eve flew for the fifth timeVirgin Galactic president Will Whitehorn has told Hyperbola that...
by Rob Coppinger | Mar 20, 2009 | Commercial human spaceflight, Personal spaceflight, Space Insurance, Space tourism, Spaceport, Suborbital, Virgin Galactic, White Knight
credit Virgin Galactic / caption: VMS Eve makes its maiden flight on 21 December 2008Click here to listen to the final fifth part of Hyperbola’s series of podcasts that will in total make up the 45min interview with Virgin Galactic president Will Whitehorn...
