The mission follows a series of delays, including a scrubbed launch attempt on May 6 due to a “buzzing” valve aboard the Atlas V rocket and a subsequent helium leak in the Starliner spacecraft.
Talk about a supernova explosion.
The trip will take six people into space for approximately 10 minutes, where they will experience weightlessness.
Tom Hanks pretty much just dissed Jeff Bezos and his expensive commercial space jaunt during his appearance on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ this week.
Former ‘Star Trek’ co-stars William Shatner and George Takei have been hating on each other for decades.
It looks like Virgin Galactic was more concerned with making sure that Branson would be the first billionaire in space than it was about properly implementing safety protocols.
The second person chosen for the first-ever all-private crewed orbital flight in history has been announced, and we can see why they wanted her on the Inspiration4 mission.
It was a case of third time almost being the charm for Elon Musk and the SpaceX project. Yesterday’s attempt was the closest they have come to nailing the much sought-after platform landing.
On Monday NASA announced it was distributing $269 million to four companies for them to develop spacecraft to take astronauts into orbit. The investment is an Obama administration gamble that will enable commercial companies to get people to and from orbit in quicker time and with less cost.