Submersible Accident Raises Questions For Space Travel Industry

Virgin Galactic launched a final shakedown flight

Virgin Galactic launched a final shakedown flight on May 25 ahead of starting commercial service.

Credit: Virgin Galactic
Two years ago, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos boarded their companies’ respective spaceships to showcase a new kind of adventure travel: suborbital spaceflight. Branson-founded Virgin Galactic began commercial flights onboard the air-launched SpaceShipTwo on June 29, while Bezos’ Blue Origin so far...

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