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Virgin Galacitc's SpaceShipTwo First Flight Tests (2011-05-26)

SpaceShipTwo underwent a "drop-test" earlier this month from the White Knight aircraft. The goal of the test flights were to test the "feathering" reentry technique in which the ship effectively ... [Read More]

XCOR LYNX Mk.1 Suborbital Launch Vehicle (2008-07-16)

This is precisely the sort of thing I want to be building when I get older and augment more resources! XCOR Aerospace is a private aerospace company (apart from government) which is building a ... [Read More]

A Perfect Time For Budding Aerospace Engineers (2010-02-28)

As odd as it might sound, I'm excited about NASA's budget cuts. The more the load is taken off the government agency's shoulders, the more it is placed on the private sector's. Already the ... [Read More]

Stressful Fun: Random College Updates (2012-09-11)

If I thought I spread myself too thin last semester... I had no idea what was coming! Junior year in aerospace engineering is famous for requiring super-human abilities. Below I have summarized in a ... [Read More]

First Powered Flight of SpaceShipTwo! (2013-04-30)

I got in to work early yesterday because Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic were planning the first powered flight of SpaceShipTwo and I wanted to be there to see it. The flight was a complete ... [Read More]

The Coolest Picture Of SS2 (2013-04-30)

Tail cam view of SS2 during burn. (Credit Virgin Galactic) [Read More]