September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
...safety or contribute to human spaceflight activity”. Although the participants who flew on the first Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic missions are undoubtedly pioneers, domestic US law has stymied their status as astronauts The vertical launch of Blue...
06 December 2015
Virgin Galactic to Use Boeing 747 for LauncherOne Missions
... the productive capacity of the Newton engines we were developing” for LauncherOne, said George Whitesides, chief executive of Virgin Galactic. The company concluded the 747 was the best choice for carrying the enlarged LauncherOne. Whitesides...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
... lives of all crew members Recent setbacks, such as the loss of Virgin Galactic SpaceShipOne, have been offset by the progress made in other areas with both Virgin Galactic and Xcor both looking to begin test flights imminently [6]. As the prospect...
October 2024
Spaceport America’s road to the future
... was built between 2009 and 2014, with the interior only completed in 2018 by our foundational customer, Virgin Galactic (VG). Initially, VG suffered significant delays, with some test flights moving to the Spaceport in 2020. Richard Branson finally...
February 2020
Opportunity knocks for UK space industry
... an official spokesperson for the company. Between 2007 and 2011 he was president of the company’s space venture Virgin Galactic. Since 2011 he has been a non-executive director of Stagecoach Group, where he was appointed Deputy Chairman in 2016...
July 2019
Next steps in human space exploration
... of Space Policy & Regulations, UAE Space Agency), Koichi Wakata, (Vice-President of JAXA) and George Whitesides (CEO of Virgin Galactic). It was moderated by Anu Ojha, Director of the UK National Space Academy. Anu Ojha Fifty-eight years ago...
