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Virgin Galactic chief pilot announced
8-2-2011 |
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David Mackay will be flying tourists in to space on Virgin's sub-orbital space flights within two years.
Nations compete in new space race
7-28-2011 | 19
As NASA's shuttle program ends other countries are moving forward with their own spaceflight plans.
Shuttle launches in historic final flight
7-8-2011 | 20
Space shuttle Atlantis has launched successfully from Cape Canaveral for the very last time.
Atlantis prepares for final shuttle mission
6-19-2011 | 18
After 30 years of space shuttle launches next month will see the end of an era for manned space flight.
Space Adventures offer flights to the Moon
5-24-2011 | 25
US company plans to offer space flight tours including a breathtaking trip around the moon.
Discovery's first pilot recalls maiden flight
3-10-2011 | 3
At the end of a 27 year program, Discovery's first pilot recalls his harrowing first experiences.
Serbian flight controllers "contact UFO"
3-2-2011 | 54
Air traffic controllers in Yakutsk claim to have been buzzed by a UFO and contacted by its occupants.
SpaceShipTwo makes first solo glide flight
10-14-2010 | 10
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has succeeded in its first solo glide flight at 45,000 feet.
Boeing enters space tourism industry
9-17-2010 | 4
Boeing has announced that it intends to enter the space tourism industry with flights as early as 2015.
'Terror bird' was prize fighter
8-20-2010 | 3
These giant, flightless birds that roamed South America 50 million years ago would have been fearsome predators.
Virgin space tourists could launch from Scotland
6-15-2010 | 8
Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space tourism flights could launch from an RAF base in Scotland.
Aircraft sets hypersonic record at Mach 6
5-28-2010 | 14
The X-51A Waverider has set a new hypersonic flight time record at six times the speed of sound.
NASA's final shuttle flight slips to November
4-27-2010 | 1
The date for the last ever Space Shuttle flight has been pushed back to November, officials have said.
SpaceShip Two's maiden flight a success
3-23-2010 | 10
In a major step towards the dream of commercial spaceflight SpaceShip Two's maiden test flight was a total success.
Feathered dinosaurs leapt from trees
1-26-2010 | 3
New evidence suggests that early feathered dinosaurs would have taken to flight from trees rather than from the ground.
UK to have dedicated space agency
12-11-2009 |
The UK is to set up a dedicated space agency to help direct policies pertaining to space flight, research and technology...
Did ancient birds lose teeth for flight ?
12-10-2009 | 5
New research has suggested that ancient birds may have lost their teeth to lose enough weight to help them fly. The 150 ...
Virgin Galactic prepare for test flights
12-3-2009 | 0
Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic are preparing their sub-orbital space plane SpaceShipTwo for test flights in the hope ...
Giant man-eating eagle actually existed
9-17-2009 | 16
The giant man-eating "Haast's Eagle" of New Zealand really did exist according to new research, it would have weighed up...
Secret US SHC beam tested
9-4-2009 | 8
Boeing has announced an in-flight test firing of its new aeroplane mounted raygun-cannon protype, the Advanced Tactical ...
