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Italy's Spacewear to develop training clothing for Virgin Galactic
ITALY-SPACE/ CLOTHING (PIX):Italy's Spacewear to develop training clothing

Published on Oct 07, 2024 03:09 PM IST
Reuters |
Watch | Astronaut's video of reunion with daughter after Virgin Galactic flight
Sharing the video, Gerardi wrote, “Thank you for capturing these moments, @virgingalactic. This was an incredible… memory for both me and my daughter."

Published on Nov 06, 2023 05:00 PM IST
Sreelakshmi B | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari
Virgin Galactic's third commercial flight takes tourists to the edge of space
Galactic 03 comes a month after Virgin Galactic’s previous flight, which sent its first private tourists to space.

Published on Sep 09, 2023 10:05 AM IST
Bloomberg | | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz
UK Olympian, student and her mother joins second Virgin Galactic space voyage
An 80-year-old Olympian, Aberdeen student, and her mother are joins Virgin Galactic's rocket plane flight, testing space tourism's limits.

Published on Aug 10, 2023 11:39 PM IST
‘Someone is …': People slam Virgin Galactic's ‘space flight’ after Titan mishap
Though the passengers landed safely, Richard Branson and his company drew the ire of netizens as it happened days after Titan submersible mishap.

Updated on Jun 30, 2023 11:09 AM IST
Virgin Galactic sends first paying customers to space: Who all flew, What next
The flight came two years after Branson rode along with five other Virgin Galactic personnel for the first fully crewed test spaceflight of Unity in July 2021.

Published on Jun 30, 2023 06:23 AM IST
Virgin Galactic successful in first commercial space flight
The flight came almost two years after Virgin founder Richard Branson flew to space in a test flight meant to usher in a new era of lucrative space tourism.

Published on Jun 30, 2023 03:29 AM IST
AFP |
Virgin Galactic commences commercial spaceflight
The two Italian air force colonels and an aerospace engineer from the National Research Council of Italy were due to join their Virgin Galactic instructor.

Published on Jun 29, 2023 05:35 PM IST
Reuters |
Virgin Galactic plans commercial flights to send Italian researchers to space
Virgin Galactic's space tourism flights will take specialists with Italian Air Force and National Research Centre of Italy to conduct microgravity research

Published on Jun 16, 2023 03:52 PM IST
AP | | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Virgin Galactic completes final test flight ahead of paid brief trips to space
Virgin Galactic will be aiming for 400 flights per year from Spaceport America after building rocket-powered planes at a facility in neighbouring Arizona.

Published on May 26, 2023 04:12 PM IST
AP | | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz, Albuquerque, N.m
Virgin Galactic partners with Boeing Aurora to build motherships
Aurora and Virgin Galactic have been working for the last several months to develop design specifications as well as workforce and manufacturing requirements.

Published on Jul 07, 2022 07:32 AM IST
AP |
Fly to space: Virgin Galactic opens ticket sales for $450,000
Previously, only people who had paid a deposit to be on a waiting list could buy new tickets - but now sales are once more open to everyone.

Published on Feb 16, 2022 06:28 AM IST
Agencies | , Washington
From 2023, Virgin Galactic planning 3 space flights a month
Virgin Galactic told investors last month it would push back the start of commercial flights to the fourth quarter of 2022 as it completes an overhaul of its carrier plane, VMS Eve.

Updated on Nov 10, 2021 05:47 PM IST
Agencies | , Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Virgin Galactic to delay commercial space travel service until Q4 2022
Virgin Galactic had said in September it was planning another SpaceShipTwo flight from New Mexico, Unity 23, pending technical checks and weather.

Published on Oct 15, 2021 05:55 AM IST
Reuters | , Washington
US bans Virgin Galactic spaceflights while probing mishap on Branson's trip
The FAA said the rocketship carrying Branson and five Virgin Galactic employees veered off course during its descent back to its runway in the New Mexico desert on July 11. The deviation put the ship outside the air traffic control clearance area.

Published on Sep 03, 2021 06:40 AM IST
AP |
US probes off-course descent of Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic spaceflight
Virgin Galactic acknowledged in a statement to Reuters that "the flight’s ultimate trajectory deviated from our initial plan" but added it "did not fly outside of the lateral confines of the protected airspace."

Published on Sep 02, 2021 07:25 AM IST
Reuters |
Kerala's Santhosh George Kulangara could be India's first space tourist
Santhosh George Kulangara was travelling on a train in the United Kingdom when he saw the advertisement for Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic. It was in 2005.

Published on Aug 13, 2021 10:08 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Poulomi Ghosh
'Hope I made Kalpana Chawla proud', says Sirisha Bandla
Sirisha Bandla talked about how her dream came true, what her family thought when she went to space and what she wants to do in the future. When asked about her Indian roots and whether she now enjoys the food in the US, Bandla said, "I do love pizza but my comfort food is my mom's chicken curry."

Updated on Aug 08, 2021 01:54 PM IST
, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Amit ChaturvediRichard Branson's Virgin Galactic files for $500mn stock sale, shares tumble
Shares in Virgin Galactic reversed premarket gains of 8% to trade down nearly 12%, wiping off more than $1 billion from the company's market capitalization following the share sale announcement.

Published on Jul 12, 2021 08:51 PM IST
Reuters |
A cosmic leap: Billionaire Branson reaches edge of space in own ship
The nearly 71-year-old Branson and five crewmates from his Virgin Galactic space tourism company reached an altitude of about 88km over the New Mexico desert.

Published on Jul 12, 2021 03:17 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Mexico
Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson flies to space: 10 things to know about him
Who is Richard Branson? A school dropout, Branson started his first business venture at 15, which was a school magazine.

Published on Jul 11, 2021 09:24 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Poulomi Ghosh
Billionaire Branson now an astronaut, completes trip to edge of space
Branson while speaking to ground control at Spaceport America in New Mexico called it an 'experience of a lifetime.'

Updated on Jul 11, 2021 10:56 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Shankhyaneel Sarkar | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
As 'billionaire space race' begins, here's what Jeff Bezos told Richard Branson
Richard Branson had earlier said that he was not interested in participating in some "space race", shortly after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced his plans to make a similar trip on July 20 through his own space company, Blue Origin.

Published on Jul 11, 2021 12:44 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Joydeep Bose
'Dreamer' Sirisha Bandla all set to go to space onboard VSS Unity today
Sirisha Bandla is Purdue alumna whose dreams of journeying into space with Nasa was dashed because of poor eyesight

Published on Jul 11, 2021 11:30 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Ayshee Bhaduri | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Richard Branson all set for debut spaceflight: Did you know of his Tamil roots?
Richard Branson said a few of his ancestors were found to be of Indian descent after conducting a DNA test. More specifically, a part of his ancestral origins is from Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district, dating as far back as 1793, the billionaire entrepreneur added.

Published on Jul 11, 2021 11:23 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Sohini Goswami, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Virgin Galactic’s Unity 22 flies to space soon: Here's all about the mission
The basic aim of the mission is to serve as a test flight for future passenger flights by Virgin Galactic.

Published on Jul 11, 2021 10:45 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Sohini Goswami
Virgin Galactic's Unity 22 mission: Timing and other details
The Virgin Galactic spaceship Unity 22 will take off from a base in New Mexico hanging on a massive plane flown by two pilots. Richard Branson's official role is to evaluate the private astronaut experience to enhance the journey for future clients.

Published on Jul 11, 2021 09:12 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Billionaire Richard Branson set to blast off on Virgin Galactic spaceflight
Richard Branson will be writing a new chapter in the space age tonight, if all goes according to plan. The space baron will be making the flight aboard his rocket venture, Virgin Galactic, nine days before Amazon founder Jeff Bezos makes his own trip to the fringes of outer space.

Published on Jul 11, 2021 06:27 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Joydeep Bose
Sirisha Bandla to activate Nasa-supported plant experiment during space flight
Nasa said Sirisha Bandla will operate the experiment during the Virgin Galactic mission on behalf of co-investigators from the University of Florida.

Published on Jul 10, 2021 05:54 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Kunal Gaurav, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Indian-origin Shirisha Bandla set to fly into space tomorrow
Sirisha Bandla who is part of six space travellers aboard 'VSS Unity' of Virgin Galactic will become the third India-born woman to fly into space tomorrow.

Published on Jul 10, 2021 01:52 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Shanza Khan, Houston
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