TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M.—A twin-fuselage jet took off on Sunday carrying a Virgin Galactic rocket plane primed to soar more than 50 miles above the New Mexico desert with British billionaire Richard Branson aboard in the vehicle’s first fully crewed test flight to space. Branson, one of six Virgin Galactic Holding Inc employees strapping in…
Virgin Galactic’s Branson Takes Off for High-Altitude Launch Into Space
Billionaire Richard Branson Soars to Space Aboard His Own Rocket Plane
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M.—British billionaire Richard Branson on Sunday soared more than 50 miles above the New Mexico desert aboard his Virgin Galactic rocket plane and safely returned in the vehicle’s first fully crewed test flight to space, a symbolic milestone for a venture he started 17 years ago. Branson, one of six Virgin Galactic…
Billionaire Branson Set to Fly to Space Aboard Virgin Galactic Rocket Plane
Decades after burnishing his reputation as a wealthy daredevil mogul in a series of boating and hot-air balloon expeditions, Richard Branson is poised to promote his burgeoning astro-tourism venture by launching himself to the final frontier. Branson’s Virgin Galactic Holding Inc is due on Sunday to send the company’s passenger rocket plane, the VSS Unity,…
Metal Detectorist in UK Discovers 2 Rare Gold Coins That Date Back to the Black Death Period
A metal detectorist in England discovered two very rare and valuable gold coins near Reepham, Norfolk, in late June. The coins unearthed consisted of a 23-carat leopard gold coin and a noble gold coin; both were found folded in half, buried, and were located 150 meters (approx. 500 feet) apart from each other. The leopard coin…
Elon Musk Frustrated With ‘Broken’ Regulations After SpaceX Launch Is Interrupted
Article by Euni Han With just seconds left until takeoff on Tuesday, SpaceX’s launch was halted after an aircraft flew into launch range, according to CNBC. Founder Elon Musk voiced his frustrations on Twitter about the rules around rocket launching. “An aircraft entered the ‘keep out zone’, which is unreasonably gigantic. There is simply no…
11 ‘Near Misses’ With UFOs Recorded By Military Pilots: DNI Report
Military pilots have recorded a total of 11 “near misses” with Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP), also known as UFOs, since 2004, according to a first-or-its-kind U.S. government report released on Friday. The nine-page report (pdf), submitted to Congress and released to the public on June 25, studied 144 observations of what the government officially refers…
Astronauts Complete Solar Panel Work in 3rd Spacewalk
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Astronauts finished unfurling a new pair of solar panels outside the International Space Station on Friday, making their third spacewalk in just over a week. NASA’s Shane Kimbrough and France’s Thomas Pesquet successfully installed the second in a series of powerful solar wings that should keep the space station running the rest of…
US Report on Pentagon-Documented UFOs Leaves Sightings Unexplained
A major U.S. government report on UFOs released on Friday said defense and intelligence analysts lack sufficient data to determine the nature of mysterious flying objects observed by military pilots including whether they are advanced earthly technologies, atmospherics, or of an extraterrestrial nature. The report, submitted to Congress and released to the public, encompasses 144…
Scientist Who Denounced Lab Leak Theory Recused From Lancet’s COVID-19 Commission
Peter Daszak, head of New York-based EcoHealth Alliance which has sent hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funds to a lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has been recused from The Lancet’s COVID-19 Commission. News of the scientist’s dismissal was quietly announced on the official website of The Lancet COVID-19 Commission, which describes…
The Lancet Updates Letter That Dubbed COVID-19 Lab Leak a ‘Conspiracy Theory’
Medical journal The Lancet on June 21 updated a statement that it published in 2020 dubbing the hypothesis that COVID-19 may have originated from a lab in Wuhan, China, as a “conspiracy theory” as the possibility gains wider recognition. During the onset of the pandemic, the “lab leak” theory was disputed in a statement published by…
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