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Sturckow is the first astronaut to be plucked from NASA's ranks by Virgin Galactic ... A retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel, Sturckow also has 26 years of military flight experience under his belt. [Photos: Virgin Galactic's 1st SpaceShipTwo Powered ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51883565/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/virgin-gala...
The spacecraft reached a maximum speed of Mach 1.2 with its own rocket power. (Mach 1 is the speed of sound.) Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin empire, which includes space transportation company Virgin Galactic and commercial airline Virgin Atlantic ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51766562/ns/business-small_business/t/preparing-its-fi...
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One of the books that made an impression on him in grade school was Robert Heinlein's "Red Planet: A Colonial Boy on Mars," which was published in 1949. "I started as a physics major in the university, but then I got accepted into med school and ...http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/19/18305415-why-sign-up-for-a-one-way...
When NASA's space shuttle fleet retires in 2011, the space agency will have to rely on Russian spacecraft and the private sector ... Click ahead to check out 10 of the top players in the race to commercialize space. PayPal co-founder Elon Musk has already ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39273082/ns/technology_and_science-space/
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29.04.13. VIRGIN GALACTIC BREAKS SPEED OF SOUND IN FIRST ROCKET-POWERED FLIGHT OF SPACESHIPTWO Sir Richard Branson witnesses vehicle-proving milestone as company sets ...http://www.virgingalactic.com/
Updated May. 18, 2013
Virgin Galactic is a company within Richard Branson's Virgin Group which plans to provide sub-orbital spaceflights to space tourists, suborbital launches for space ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Galactic
Updated May. 19, 2013
Virgin Galactic is the world's first spaceline. Giving you the groundbreaking opportunity to become one of the first ever non-professional astronauts. Virgin Galactic ...http://www.virgin.com/company/virgin-galactic
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29.04.13. VIRGIN GALACTIC BREAKS SPEED OF SOUND IN FIRST ROCKET-POWERED FLIGHT OF SPACESHIPTWO Sir Richard Branson witnesses vehicle-proving milestone as company sets ...http://www.virgingalactic.com/news/
