Most of us would kill to hitch a ride on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, but as this graphic will show you, compared to the ISS or the Space Shuttle, it flies relatively low – *just* 109km from the ground. [DVICE]
We all know how Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo looks from the outside, but this is the first time ever you are going to see the cockpit of SpaceShipTwo’s mothership. It looks like the old-style spaceship cockpits from Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon. More »
Looks like the WhiteKnightTwo won’t be all play after all, as the British government wants to use Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft to send some state satellites into low orbit.