Archive for the ‘Outer Space’ Category

Richard Branson Says Space Tourism will have only Minor Impact on Climate Change

British billionaire Richard Branson says rocket-powered space tourism flights by his firm Virgin Galactic would have only a minor impact on climate change. More than 500 people have already reserved seats – and paid deposits on the $US200,000 ($A200,712) ticket price – for a minutes-long suborbital flight on the SpaceShipTwo (SS2) set to begin by the [...]

May 14, 2013 · admin · Comments Closed
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Space Shuttle Astronauts Curt Brown, Eileen Collins and Bonnie Dunbar Inducted into U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame

Space Shuttle astronauts Curt Brown, Eileen Collins and Bonnie Dunbar, Ph.D., today joined an elite group of American space heroes with their induction into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame® during a ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

April 22, 2013 · admin · Comments Closed
Posted in: Outer Space, United States

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo to Make Farnborough Appearance

FARNBOROUGH, England – As one of the world’s leading aviation marketplaces, the Farnborough International Airshow is usually an opportunity for airline executives to reach for their checkbooks. This year some might also be reaching for the stars.

July 10, 2012 · admin · Comments Closed
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Astronauts (like Buzz Aldrin and John Glenn) Offer Space Artifacts in Online Charity Auction

Kennedy Space Center, FL – Space artifacts are now up for grabs in the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s (ASF) Fall Auction of Astronaut Experiences & Memorabilia, which opens online tomorrow and goes through September 3. Bidders will have the chance to own relics from over five decades of mankind’s journey into the unknown, including autographed items [...]

August 26, 2011 · admin · Comments Closed
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Russian firm to build space hotel

Russian firm has announced it will have a space hotel in orbit possibly by the end of 2015 or the beginning of 2016. Pravda reports that the Moscow-based Orbital Technologies has sky-high hopes that its planned Commercial Space Station can serve as a tourism hub for well-heeled travellers and offer overspill accommodation for the International [...]

October 1, 2010 · admin · Comments Closed
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Tourists in Space by 2015!

Space travel has become quite an intriguing term in recent years. With Boeing’s recent news revelations, the first step into space tourism has been made and what can be called nothing else but ‘space taxi’ may be launched as early as 2015.

September 29, 2010 · admin · Comments Closed
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First East African space tourist set for take off

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN | February, 2010: East African business tycoon, Ashish Thakkar, set to be blasted into space just as soon as the galactic space ship of Virgin has been cleared for public flight, has collected the flags of Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania from the presidents and prime ministers of the three countries to [...]

February 23, 2010 · admin · Comments Closed
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Sir Richard Branson to unveil Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo

By Paula Bustamante | Dec 07, 2009 British billionaire Sir Richard Branson will unveil a craft on Monday that could soon carry tourists on an out-of-this-world trip into space — for a mere 200,000 dollars. The lunar-like landscape of the Mojave desert between Los Angeles and Las Vegas will stage the roll-out of Virgin Galactic’s [...]

December 7, 2009 · admin · Comments Closed
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Cirque du Soleil founder Laliberte to Become Space’s First Canadian Tourist

Cirque du Soleil founder Laliberte is set to become the first Canadian tourist in space. It seems that nowadays a billionaire business tycoon is no longer worthy of that title without having ventured into orbit and making sure the world knows about it. Indeed, the higher the price the better.

June 16, 2009 · admin · Comments Closed
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SPACE TOURISM – Out of this world!

BY MARK HARDING | FEB 27, 2009 LISBON, Portugal (eTN) – Every now and again a new form of high-speed transit appears such as the TGV, wide-body airliner, Concorde and so on, but nothing quite compares with the supersonic marvel that forms the basis of Richard Branson's futuristic space tourism operation called Virgin Galactic.

February 27, 2009 · travelvideo · Comments Closed
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