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Dick Rutan, co-pilot of historic round-the-world flight, dies at 85
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBurt Rutan was alarmed to see the plane he had designed was so loaded with fuel that the wing tips...
Virgin Galactic completes first commercial rocket plane flight to space
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico (Reuters) -A three-man crew from Italy soared more than 50 miles...
This Radical New eVTOL Uses 30 Tilting ‘Jet’ Fans to Get in the Air and Stay There
Robb Report via Yahoo News· 2 years agoElectric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft have been threatening to disrupt short-hop...
Virgin Galactic has a launch date for its first paying space tourists
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoVirgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity during its first flight to suborbital space in December...
Aviation record-setter: Dick Rutan, first to fly around the world without refueling, dies at 85
Scripps News via AOL· 1 month agoRutan achieved the milestone with Jeana Yeager when they departed Edwards Air Force Base flying for...
Virgin Galactic has sold 800 tickets to the edge of space. The first customers just took flight
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoEditor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on...
Virgin Galactic launches its first commercial space flight
CBS News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoRichard Branson's Virgin Galactic launched its first commercial space flight Thursday, sending three...
Virgin Galactic aims for 400 flights a year with two new 'motherships'
TechCrunch· 2 years agoVirgin Galactic is gearing up to take more tourists to the edge of space, working with Boeing to...
Virgin Galactic flew to the edge of space for the first time in two years
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoVirgin Galactic, the space tourism company that kicked off the SPAC boom, flew its rocket plane to...
SpaceShipOne pilot's M&Ms, other mementos go on museum display
Space via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe first commercial astronaut has placed his archives on display 19 years after he made his first...