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Virgin Galactic: Will It Fly?

History was made Sunday, October 10, on the path to the launch of the first commercial spaceliner with news of the first successful glide involving the mother ship, WhiteKnightTwo, and smaller spaceship, the VSS Enterprise, which safely separated at an altitude of 40,000 feet before returning to earth. NGC's exclusive documentary covers maverick entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson and legendary aeronautical engineer Burt Rutan as they strive to be first to make space tourism an everyday reality.

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Virgin Galactic Keeps Mum On Orbital Spaceflight Ambitions (SPACE.com)
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SPACE.com - While Virgin Galactic's public sights are set on offering suborbital space tourist treks on its SpaceShipTwo passenger ships, the company is already quietly eyeing the next step: orbital space travel.
Source: Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy

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NASA to Fly Astronauts on Russian Spaceships at Nearly $63 Million per Seat (SPACE.com)
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SPACE.com - NASA has struck a new $753 million deal with Russia for 12 round trips to the International Space Station, but will now have to pay more per seat – almost $63 million, the U.S. space agency announced today (March 14). Source: Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy

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World's first commercial spaceport is now 90 pct complete first flights in 2013
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Phase one of the world's first commercial spaceport, which will be the hub for Virgin's consumer space flights, is now 90 percent complete.
Source: Property News

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This will be totally awesome. Its been passed the time since we made space travel more affordable and frequent at least according to Space Odyssey we should be on Mars already.

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Tourism in a galaxy far, far away...

Space tourism is closer to reality after the completion of an $8 million Mojave Desert production plant where the world's first fleet of passenger-ready spaceships will be built. Ref. Source 1

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Branson says space flight ready this year

British businessman Sir Richard Branson has reiterated his claim that the first Virgin Galactic flight into space will take place later this year. Ref. Source 4

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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo experienced "An in-flight anomaly" During a test flight today, the company said on Twitter. Details about the anomaly weren't immediately released.

On its website, Virgin Galactic describes SpaceShipTwo as having a cabin similar in size to an executive jet and capable of carrying two pilots and six passengers.

"The spaceship can be thought of as an air launched glider with a rocket motor and a couple of extra systems for spaceflight," The website says. Ref. CNN