Utah People's Post

The Latest News from the Beehive State

Sunday, July 3, 2022
Log in
  • National News
    • Female Caseworker Killed & Doctor Shot in Philadelphia
  • State News
    • Car Chase Leads to Drug Arrest
  • Tech & Science
  • Health
    • How to Prepare For Ticks Season
    • Magical Weight Loss Bean Scam
  • Sports
  • Business
You are here: Home / Tech & Science / SpaceShipTwo: Virgin Galactic Plans to Renew its Space Travel Endeavors

SpaceShipTwo: Virgin Galactic Plans to Renew its Space Travel Endeavors

February 19, 2016 Posted by Jack Ford

virgin galactic

NASA is not the only space agency that looks for ways to send humans into space, but the process of getting ready for that can be a bumpy ride.

Such is the case of the private spaceflight company Virgin Galactic plans to renew its space travel endeavors with the unveiling a new spaceship on Friday. Scheduled to take place at the Mojave Air and Space Port, the rollout of the SpaceShipTwo vehicle represents a new effort for Virgin Galactic.

Enterprise, the first model of the SpaceShipTwo, had gone into flames and disintegrated above the Mojave Desert back in 2014 during a test flight. One of the pilots was killed while the other was gravely injured and hospitalized.

Many journalists and industry experts sort of lost faith into Virgin Galactic’s ability to provide safe space travelling; the accident made a lot of them skeptical about the viability of their project, but the launching of a new vehicle could represents the company’s comeback.

The 2014 accident was a great setback in Virgin Galactic’s plans of flying its adventurous customers to suborbital space, but things could get back on track with the company’s brand new vehicle.

According to a statement that the Virgin Galactic gave about the rollout, the company is getting ready to „celebrate the hard work our engineers and technicians have poured into making each of SpaceShipTwo’s parts.” Each of them will be separately tested and then assmebled into the new spaceship.

Today, Friday the 19th marks the „end of one critical phase of work,” but also the start of the testing phase, which will ultimately lead to what Virgin Galactic hope will be „the first commercial human spaceflight program in history.”

SpaceShipTwo’s exterior heavily resembles the previous iteration of the vehicle, but the interior has been redesigned; the spaceship is to be lofted into the air by WhiteKnightTwo, its carrier aircraft.

After being released at about 50,000 feet, the rocket motor of SpaceShipTwo will turn on, taking it further to about 100 kilometers (62 miles) above the Earth.

If you’re interested in experiencing weightlessness and seeing our planet surrounded by the blackness of space, you can become one of the paying customers – all you need is $250,000, the price of a seat on a flight of the SpaceShipTwo.

But before it can take tourists in suborbital space trips, the new vehicle needs to pass some ground tests first before taking it to the skies.
Image Source: Guardian TV

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Email

Filed Under: Tech & Science

mm

About Jack Ford

An experienced journalist, who celebrated 20 years since graduating from the University of Montana not so long ago, Jack enjoys tackling crucial world problems. Throughout his career, Jack has gone from writing sports columns to covering world-changing events. “In all these years” -says Jack- “that I fell in love with the media and the freedom it promises”. Jack has a keen interest in the US political scene as well as the tense circumstances of the Middle East.

Woman working out at the gym

Just 23% of Americans Are Working Out Enough in Their Spare Time

June 29, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Poliovirus Therapy Gives Brain Cancer Patients New Hope (Study)

June 29, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

United Airlines airplane

Passenger Mysteriously Dies on United Airlines flight Bound for Boston

June 28, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Breakfast sandwich

Here Are Some Foods No Nutritionist Would Ever Eat

June 27, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Poppy flower

UN Warns of Surge in Opium-based Drugs and Cocaine Supply

June 27, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

U.S.-Canada border

French Jogger Detained 2 Weeks for Accidentally Crossing Border

June 26, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Plus size model

Normalizing Plus Size Could Fuel Obesity Crisis (Study)

June 25, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Giant manta ray

Unique Manta Ray Nursery Spotted off Texas Coast

June 23, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

The rainbow flag

WHO Scraps Transgenderism from List of Mental Illnesses

June 22, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

456 People Dead at U.K. Hospital after Taking too Many Painkillers

June 21, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Kenyan girls dancing

Kenyans Facing Poor Nutrition as Supermarket Shopping Is on the Rise

June 20, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Pages

  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy GDPR
  • Staff
  • Terms and Conditions

Recent Posts

  • Just 23% of Americans Are Working Out Enough in Their Spare Time
  • Poliovirus Therapy Gives Brain Cancer Patients New Hope (Study)
  • Passenger Mysteriously Dies on United Airlines flight Bound for Boston
  • Here Are Some Foods No Nutritionist Would Ever Eat
  • UN Warns of Surge in Opium-based Drugs and Cocaine Supply
  • French Jogger Detained 2 Weeks for Accidentally Crossing Border
  • Normalizing Plus Size Could Fuel Obesity Crisis (Study)

Related Articles

  • Crosses on a wall

    Religious People Live Longer, Are Less Stressed than Atheists, Study

    Jun 15, 2018
  • Antineutrino Detector

    Scientists Discover an Even More Elusive Particle than Neutrinos

    Jun 5, 2018
  • Funny Albert Einstein

    Time Travel Is Already Here

    May 30, 2018
  • Planet 2003UB313

    Scientists Found Evidence that Elusive Planet 9 May Be Real

    May 18, 2018
  • Kuiper Belt Object

    This Asteroid in Kuiper Belt Is Nothing Scientists Have Seen Before

    May 11, 2018
  • Elephant raising its trunk

    Elephants Communicate with Their Feet, Scientists Confirm

    May 9, 2018
  • Starbucks store

    Black Men Settle for $1 Each after Racist Arrest at Starbucks

    May 3, 2018
  • Tech addiction

    Facebook Pioneers Forming Coalition to Lobby Against Tech Addiction

    Feb 5, 2018
  • Kaspersky Co-founder Natalia Kasperskaya

    Kaspersky Boss: Bitcoin Was Created by U.S. Govt to Fund CIA’s Black Ops

    Feb 1, 2018
  • Amazon Go shopper

    Amazon Gets Rid of Cashiers at Its Check-Out Free Store

    Jan 30, 2018

Categories

  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • National News
  • Nature
  • Provo
  • Salt Lake News
  • Science
  • Sports
  • State News
  • Tech & Science
  • Technology
  • Uncategorized
  • West Jordan
  • West Valley City
  • World

Copyright © 2022 utahpeoplespost.com

About · Privacy Policy · Terms of Use · Site Map · Contact