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Traveling in a space plane is much like traveling in a regular airplane, except for the middle part. After reaching cruising altitude, the pilot strikes the rocket thrusters and detonates the aircraft at the edge of space at over 9,000 mph, or about 12 times the speed of sound. The …

The UK will begin licensing spaceflight this summer, paving the way for the launch of the first rockets from UK soil next year. Future UK spaceports and rocket builders hope to be the first to place satellites into orbit from Europe, but how many of them will survive? The UK …

(Want to receive this newsletter in your inbox? Here is registration.) Good night. Here is the last one. 1. President Biden to propose a budget of $ 6 trillion this will bring the United States to the highest federal spending levels since World War II. The budget proposal, which will …

Theresa Cross May 26, 2021 The Inspiration 4 crew. From left to right: Chris Sembroski, Hayley Arceneaux, Sian Proctor and Jared Isaacman. This flight is expected to be the first orbital space tourism mission since 2009 and the first 100% civilian crew to fly in low earth orbit. Credit: SpaceX …

The UK is destined for a seat in the next space race, the Transport Secretary said today, as the government prepares for Virgin’s Orbit trade mission – the UK’s first flight to the ‘space. The National Space Agency (NSA) confirmed on Monday that space flights will soon be a reality …

Before this type of calculation became widespread, organizations built expensive prototypes to test their designs. “We actually built a prototype on a large scale and ran it for the rest of its life before deploying it in the field,” said Brandon Haugh, core design engineer, referring to a reactor. nuclear …

Astronauts? Amateur astronauts? Space tourists? Space travelers? Rocket riders? What do we call the new generation of space travelers? CAP CANAVERAL, Fla. – As more companies start selling space tickets, the question arises: Who can be called an astronaut? This is already a complicated problem and about to become even …

In our series My monday morning, motivated people say WSJ. how they start the week. Even though he wakes up at 5 a.m., Richard Branson isn’t one of those bumps that thrive on less than a handful of hours of sleep a night. “I need eight hours of good sleep, …

Virgin Galactic has put a recent setback behind it to reach space for just the third time in its history, and the first time since moving to its new Spaceport America base in New Mexico last year. The company’s successful test flight over the weekend marked another step forward in …

2020 and early 2021 have generated a lot of enthusiasm for space investors. After decades of waiting, private space companies like Rocket Lab, Momentus, and Astra (but not SpaceX, unfortunately) follow in Virgin Galactic Holdings‘ (NYSE: SPCE) the steps and the announcement of the plans become public via a Special …