05 December 2016
VSS Unity makes successful first glide flight test
...a series of captive carry test flights. This entails VSS Unity hitching a ride to the dizzying heights required for the test... allowing engineers to collect valuable data to assess how VSS Unity would perform in a wide variety of real-world flight ...
14 December 2018
VSS Unity reaches edge of space in landmark test flight
... back in the Mojave Desert in California. After taking off attached to the company’s carrier plane WhiteKnightTwo, VSS Unity rocketed to an altitude of 82 kilometres (51 miles) before cruising back to ground in a gliding descent. The trip marked the...
02 July 2021
Branson plans space trip ahead of rival Bezos
... window for the next rocket-powered test flight of its SpaceShipTwo Unity will open 11 July, pending weather and technical checks. Dubbed the “Unity 22” mission, the aerospace firm also revealed that this would be the...
February 2023
Cultivating cultural memory as Asgardians
... In some circles that look at the cosmos as a site from which vital forces emanate, One Humanity, One Unity is a concordant and essential response, to understand what Hermes Trismegistus already pointed out, “As above, so below”. We need to reconnect...
10 January 2020
Virgin Galactic's second spaceship completes a major build milestone
... completes a major build milestone faster than it took to get to this stage with its first spaceship, VSS Unity. The momentous event is the “Weight on Wheels” – a significant milestone in the build of any airplane or any spaceship as it signifies...
10 July 2019
Virgin Galactic to become the first publicly traded commercial human spaceflight company
... launches beyond its current US facility. Virgin Galactic is currently flying high after the success of its VSS Unity spacecraft, the only vehicle built for regular commercial service to have put humans into orbit, after...
