Gizmodo

JUNE 25, 2021

An upgraded FAA operators license now allows Virgin Galactic to include paying customers on its space flights, in what is a major milestone for the company and also the nascent space tourism sector. Read more.

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The Verge

MAY 22, 2021

Saturday’s flight, which also carried research payloads for NASA’s Flight Opportunities program, is the latest step toward Virgin Galactic’s goal of a space tourism program. The company has some 600 reservations for tickets on future space flights, which go for around $250,000 each.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 26, 2023

Of course, making this distinction can be challenging, and is a skill that can take time to develop, says Mittal, whose company is taking a tech-first, cloud-native approach to transforming loan servicing. “It For the freight transportation company, business intelligence (BI) is one area where IT can have a top-line impact. “We

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GeekWire

JUNE 8, 2021

. — quoted an unnamed source as saying that the company was working on a plan to put Branson aboard its VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo rocket plane for a trip beyond 50 miles in altitude over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Virgin Galactic’s test pilots flew VSS Unity above the 50-mile mark most recently on May 22.

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GeekWire

JULY 21, 2021

Those guidelines suggest that astronaut wings can go only to crew members on a licensed spacecraft who contribute to flight safety and rise above the 50-mile altitude mark. The answer appears to be no, if you go by the Federal Aviation Administration’s newly issued guidelines for its commercial space astronaut wings program.

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GeekWire

JULY 15, 2021

” He graduated from high school last year, and took a gap year before continuing his studies to obtain his private pilot’s license. New Shepard has gone through 15 uncrewed flight tests over the past six years, but the upcoming flight at the company’s spaceport in West Texas will be the first to have people on board.

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GeekWire

JULY 1, 2021

“Everything the FAA has, I’ve got the license for,” Funk said in the Instagram video. The 21-year-old company has put the autonomously controlled New Shepard spaceship through 15 uncrewed tests since 2015. She has 19,600 hours of flight experience, and has taught more than 3,000 people to fly.

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