From interplanetary spaceships to lunar reactors, our future in space looks nuclear-powered

Interplanetary travel to Mars aboard nuclear-powered spaceships may sound like science fiction – yet NASA is planning to make it a reality. The Space Reactor-1 Freedom mission is scheduled for launch ...
Business Insider

Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic lays off 185 employees as it doubles down on efforts to build new spaceships

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Virgin Galactic laid off 185 employees — about 18% of its workforce — as it ramps up efforts to ...
Wall Street Journal

Spaceships, Quantum Chips Woo Investors Away From Consumer Concerns

While shoppers look for deals at the store, traders are looking to the stars. Spaceships and quantum chips are becoming the latest objects of investors’ fascination—and the latest opportunity to exist ...
El Paso Times

Virgin Galactic aims to launch new, $50M spaceships at Spaceport America in 2026

Officials for Virgin Galactic, the anchor of Spaceport America in southern New Mexico, recently delivered bad and good news for the fledgling spaceport as the company moves into its next phase of ...
SpaceNews

Op-ed | A Space Force needs spaceships

In 2001, NASA pulled the plug on X-33. a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO_ launch vehicle Lockheed Martin intended to commercialize under the name Venture Star. The author's argue that DoD should invest in ...
SpaceNews

Branson and Rutan Form ‘The Spaceship Company’ To Jointly Manufacture and Market Spaceships for the new Sub-Orbital Personal Spaceflight Industry

Today, Sir Richard Branson (Founder, Virgin Group of Companies) and Burt Rutan (President, Scaled Composites) announced their signing of an agreement to form a new aerospace production company to ...