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Live coverage: Richard Branson and five crewmates heading to space today
Live coverage of the flight of Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity rocketplane carrying company founder Richard Branson and five crewmates to the edge of space. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
Does Mercury Have a big Iron Core Because it’s so Close to the Sun’s Magnetic Field?
Magnetic fields are great for lots of things – directing explorers, levitating trains, and containing nuclear fusion reactions are just an example of what these invisible forces can do. Now we can ascribe another feature to magnetic fields – they can give planets a rocky core.
China launches satellite to link mission control with space station
A Long March 3C rocket lifts off July 6 with China’s new Tianlian 1-05 data relay satellite. Credit: CASC
China launched a fresh satellite for the country’s Tianlian data relay network July 6, reinforcing a fleet of spacecraft designed to connect ground controllers with the country’s space station.
Virgin Galactic slightly delays launch of Richard Branson and crew due to bad weather
Virgin Galactic has slightly delayed the launch of its Unity 22 mission with billionaire founder Richard Branson due to bad weather.
NASA Will be Testing SLS Over the Weekend
Satellite data finds that June 2021 was the hottest June ever recorded in North America.
Rocket Lab launches 2 BlackSky Earth-observing satellites into orbit
Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity rocketplane is released for a glide flight over New Mexico last year. Credit: Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic-founder Richard Branson and five company crewmates are set to take a barnstorming ride to space Sunday in a bold show of confidence in his company’s readiness to start carrying passengers on brief trips out of the atmosphere.
Richard Branson will fly on SpaceShipTwo this weekend. Welcome to the New Space Race!
It’s no secret that the commercial space industry (aka. NewSpace) has become immensely lucrative in recent years, nor the fact that it has become intensely competitive as a result. To illustrate, one needs to look no further than the top three NewSpace companies in the world right now: SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic. Between these three companies, all founded by billionaires with similar visions, a new space race has begun.
Satellite Images Can Help Predict When Underwater Volcanos are About to Erupt
Predicting volcanic eruptions is notoriously tricky. In large part this is because volcanos are unique, each with their own quirks and personalities: the lessons learned from studying one volcano may not apply directly to another. Luckily, researchers are getting better at finding warning signs that they can apply broadly. Some of the most well-known are heightened seismic activity, rising temperatures, expanding magma pools, and the release of gases. New research using satellite imagery now offers a new warning sign for underwater volcanos: a change in the color of the ocean.
The Earth’s Atmosphere is Storing Energy Twice as Quickly as it did 15 Years ago
These days it seems you can’t walk through a bookstore without bumping into a book or magazine pointing out the negative consequences of climate change. Everything from the hottest years on record to ruining astronomy can be tied to climate change. Now some new science lays another potential problem at climate change’s feet – the Earth is retaining more than twice as much heat annually as it was 15 years ago.
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity 22 launch with Richard Branson: Here's when to watch and what to know.
Here's everything you need to know about Virgin Galactic's launch of Richard Branson and his crew on SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity Sunday, July 11.
Hollywood artists offer full-scale replica of Apollo spacecraft controls
As the billionaire space race heats up between Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos, it's easy to get the wrong message.
Meet the crew launching on Virgin Galactic's 1st fully crewed flight Unity 22
Here's the crew of Virgin Galactic Unity 22 suborbital spaceflight on Sunday (July 11) and what they think about their big launch.
Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic crew to sign flight log with special space pens
Virgin Galactic will use Fisher space pens when it launches six astronauts to suborbital space on July 11, 2021.
It's been a long road to passenger spaceflight for Virgin Galactic and rival Blue Origin
Richard Branson's path to space has been quite a bit longer and more circuitous than he anticipated.
Stephen Colbert will host Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity launch on Sunday
Richard Branson's spaceflight is shaping up to be quite a star-studded affair.
SpaceX cargo capsule splashes down in Gulf of Mexico
A Cargo Dragon capsule backs away from the International Space station Thursday, heading for splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: Thomas Pesquet/ESA/NASA
Wrapping up a 36-day mission to the International Space Station, a SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico Friday night with biomedical experiments, spacewalk equipment, and other hardware returning from orbit.
After British Columbia’s Record-Breaking Heatwave, Here Come the Wildfires
Every day, there are more indications that show how anthropogenic factors are causing uncomfortable changes in our climate. Here in beautiful British Columbia, this means that wildfires are once again threatening countless acres of forests, communities, and wildlife. By the end of June 2021, more than 40 wildfires were raging across the province, including a rather substantial cluster around the town of Lytton.
June 2021 smashed heat records in North America
Satellite data finds that June 2021 was the hottest June ever recorded in North America.
Virgin-founder Richard Branson heads for space Sunday
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin throws shade at Virgin Galactic ahead of Richard Branson's launch
For the tiny few of us who can afford to pay for a trip in space, Blue Origin is already ramping up its marketing against competitor Virgin Galactic.
