spacetoday.net: space news from around the webin association with SpaceNews


SpaceShipTwo arrives at Spaceport America
Posted: Sat, Feb 15, 2020, 8:21 AM ET (1321 GMT)
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has arrived in New Mexico for a final series of flight tests. The suborbital spaceplane, named VSS Unity, was ferried from California to Spaceport America in New Mexico Thursday on its WhiteKnightTwo aircraft. The company plans a series of flight tests at the spaceport in the coming months to become familiar with operations there and to test upgrades to the vehicle and its new passenger cabin. Virgin has previously stated it expects to begin commercial operations at the spaceport by June.
<<previous article   next article>>
news in brief
ISS launch damages Baikonur pad
Posted: Sun, Nov 30 8:59 AM ET (1359 GMT)

ESA secures more than €22 billion at ministerial
Posted: Sun, Nov 30 8:50 AM ET (1350 GMT)


news links
Thursday, December 4
Starlink launches in Korea with focus on ships, planes
Korea Herald — 6:16 am ET (1116 GMT)
SpaceX set to launch Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Thursday
KSBY-TV San Luis Obispo, CA — 6:13 am ET (1113 GMT)


about spacetoday.net   ·   info@spacetoday.net   ·   mailing list