Virgin Galactic conducted a historic first supersonic test flight of SpaceShipTwo on April 29, 2013, in the Mojave Desert, CA. [See full story.] Virgin Galactic conducted a historic first supersonic ...

The worst accident to hit the nascent private space sector occurred on Friday, October 31, 2014, after Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crashed in the Mojave Desert killing one of its two test pilots.

The hybrid rocket motor that is intended to power tourist trips to the edge of space aboard Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo has undergone its first successful test-firings. The rocket motor’s design ...

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