Thursday’s accomplishment gave Richard Branson, the British billionaire who started Virgin Galactic in 2004 with the objective of ferrying tourists on short flights into space, a victory in the highly competitive but elusive contest of commercial...

This morning, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic rocketed two test pilots beyond Earth's boundaries and brought them back safely, in a giant leap toward finally making commercial space tourism a reality.

(Reuters) - A Virgin Galactic rocket plane reached space on Thursday and returned safely to the California desert, capping years of testing to become the first U.S. commercial human flight to breach Earth’s atmosphere since America’s shuttle...

"The overarching purpose of Tesla Motors (and the reason I am funding the company) is to help expedite the move from a mine - and - burn hydrocarbon economy toward a solar electric economy,"Musk wrote in a 2006 document he called"The Secret Tesla...

At the start of the test flight, a special jet carrying the Virgin Space Ship Unity flew to an altitude near 43,000 feet (13,100 meters) before releasing the craft.

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Virgin Galactic's manned space tourism rocket plane SpaceShipTwo lands at Mojave Air and Space Port after returning from a space test flight in Mojave, California, U.S., December 13, 2018.

Thursday marks the latest step in Virgin Galactic’s long test - flight campaign that re - started in September 2016, almost two years after a previous version of the SpaceShipTwo space plane broke apart in midair during a powered test flight,...

Headquarters location: Santa Monica, California.

Virgin Space Ship Unity was undergoing final checks in preparation for a test flight early Thursday that could take it far higher than before and a big step closer to turning the dream of commercial space tourism into reality.

Virgin Galactic’s development of its spaceship took far longer than expected and endured a setback when the first experimental craft broke apart during a 2014 test flight, killing the co - pilot.

Virgin Galactic officials emphasized that it would be a test flight and there could be an array of reasons why it could end short of its goal or be aborted altogether.

Entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic says its latest test flight, due later on Thursday, could see it reach space for the first time.

Many global tech companies, including Google, SpaceX, OneWeb and Telesat, have already launched plans to use satellites to provide free internet access.

Virgin Galactic officials emphasized that it would be a test flight and there could be an array of reasons why it could end short of its goal or be aborted altogether.

Virgin Galactic officials emphasized that it would be a test flight and there could be an array of reasons why it could end short of its goal or be aborted altogether.

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Los hallazgos de los investigadores revelan que los bajáu —independientemente de si se dedican al buceo o a otra ocupación— tienen bazos que son un 50 por ciento más grandes que los de aquellos que viven a 24 kilómetros del mar, en tierra firme.

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Rather than aiming for space using a NASA - esque vertically launched rocket, Virgin Galactic uses a rocket - powered space plane dubbed VSS Unity, a craft more comparable to the supersonic X planes developed by the US military.

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Explaining the technology, the chairman said,"The rocket stage of PSLV C44, which will be carrying a microsat as the primary satellite in January, will be made alive with the help of new systems that will include batteries and solar panel.

Virgin Galactic's development of its spaceship took far longer than expected and endured a setback when the first experimental craft broke apart during a 2014 test flight, killing the co - pilot.

Last summer, Musk joined several thousands researchers and technology experts, including Skype co - founder Jaan Tallinn, artificial intelligence researcher Stuart Russell, as well as the three founders of Google DeepMind – the company’s premier...

For the study, scientists took blood samples from 23 crew members stationed at the International Space Station for six months, before, during and after their stays.

Currently, many global tech companies, including Google, SpaceX, OneWeb and Telesat, have already launched plans to use satellites to provide free internet access.

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As the film lays bare the squirmy horror of what happened at Chappaquiddick and how it was covered up, Jason Clarke, in a pitch - perfect performance, creates a full - on study of Ted Kennedy as a man of political passion who, at his moment of...

Shaub has continued to blast the White House, telling the Guardian that Trump's administration runs the risk of being seen as a "kleptocracy" over perceived conflicts of interest.

The satellites are operated by Planet Labs, a company in San Francisco that runs the world’s largest fleet of Earth - observing satellites.

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In the 16 years since Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corporation – SpaceX – was founded, the company has transformed the commercial space market.

If all goes to plan, though admittedly little in the realm of space exploration does, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic could be the first of a few tech - titan - fueled private space ventures to blast ordinary humans into space and return them...

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To mark the second season of the television series Mars, Hollywood director Ron Howard talked to the BBC about creating a realistic depiction of the first human colonies on the Red Planet.

Thousands of worms being blasted into space could be "too old" for research when they get to the International Space Station (ISS).

Scientists and engineers inside mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory celebrate the landing of the InSight Mars probe on November 26, 2018.

A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship arrives at the International Space Station on Dec.8, 2018 to deliver 5,600 pounds of supplies for the outpost's Expedition 57 crew.

If all goes to plan, though admittedly little in the realm of space exploration does, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic could be the first of a few tech - titan - fueled private space ventures to blast ordinary humans into space and return them...

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Yet, as private sector rocket manufacturers like SpaceX, Blue Origin, Orbital ATK and United Launch Alliance build excitement around their efforts to commercialize space, it’s easy to lose sight of the dozens of companies working to build the...

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Musk, who owns about 20 per cent of Tesla, gave up the chairman role under a settlement with the Securities Exchange Commission, which had charged the CEO with misleading investors in August with a tweet that said he had "funding secured" for...