Sentences with phrase «of the virgin flights»

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Bezos» Blue Origin is rapidly passing milestones with its BE-4 engine, SpaceX astounded millions with its Falcon Heavy launch, Virgin Galactic completed the first powered flight of its Unity rocket and Bigelow took the next step toward the world's first habitable private space station with Bigelow Space Operations.

Virgin Galactic successfully completes the first rocket - powered flight of its spacecraft Unity.

The luxury estate agent forecast the first sub-orbital flights would be launched in 2020 by the like of Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic.

«Through Virgin Galactic's manufacturing arm, The Spaceship Company, we will provide engineering and manufacturing services, along with flight test support and operations as part of our shared ambitions.»

To achieve a nonstop flight between London and Paris, Charles Lindberg's team adopted working methods that wouldn't look out of place in Rutan's factory in the Mojave Desert, where construction of the spaceship Virgin Enterprise is nearing completion.

Virgin Galactic had paused its rocket - powered test flights since the October 2014 crash that killed one of its pilots.

The startup had several connections to Branson: Giegel briefly worked for Virgin Galactic in 2014; fellow co-founder Shervin Pishevar, a high - profile venture capitalist, was an early reservation holder on Galactic's celebrity - studded list of customers waiting to take a flight into space.

Eventually, Virgin hopes to send tourists on two - hour flights that provide views of Earth previously only seen by astronauts, plus about four minutes of weightlessness.

«Tigerair is working with the relevant Indonesian authorities to meet the new requirements and is hopeful of having flights up and running again as soon as possible,» the wholly owned unit of Virgin Australia said on its website, without mentioning what the requirements were.

Virgin America has just turned six years old, and over that time we've put a lot of thought and effort into making flights enjoyable, while almost all of our competitors have focused solely on their bottom line.

In any given year, the world - famous jet setter and his assistant Helen Clarke visit some 50 cities, meaning Clarke, once a Virgin flight attendant, spends the majority of her time travel planning.

For example, when I traveled to London on Virgin Air I made friends with all of the flight attendants serving the first class pods (where I was sitting that trip).

In partnership with Virgin Galactic and the Virgin Group's philanthropic arm, Virgin Unite, the global community of future astronauts who signed up for our space tourism flights is working to promote future innovation in this field.

GoPro «channels» that air videos — from close - ups of hummingbirds to a base jumper flinging herself off a cliff in high heels — are already available on Virgin America flights and Xbox gaming consoles, while a YouTube channel has more than 2 million subscribers.

Starting next month, even subscription-less flyers will be able to binge watch House of Cards during their Virgin America flight via the airline's newly upgraded Red in - flight entertainment platform.

In this case, much of Virgin's involvement involves fundraising and raising awareness, which engages our staff in all manner of activities, from joining sponsored swims to collecting passengers» spare change on flights.

This new in - flight entertainment service is made possible due to a connectivity partnership between Virgin America and ViaSat, a global provider of satellite and wireless services.

Still, while other companies like Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin are planning much of their business around space flights for the super wealthy, SpaceX's model is primarily to serve as a vehicle for scientific missions, satellite launches, and trips to the International Space Station.

Virgin America Inc., the low - cost airline partly backed and fully branded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson launched on Wednesday with a splash of publicity, but found its first flight delayed by a midsummer New York storm.

Virgin Galactic, which hopes to launch its inaugural flight sometime towards the end of the year, has been the subject of criticism after experiencing numerous delays in the development of its passenger spaceship's engine.

The report, which was first made by Sky News, says that Google is in «advanced talks» to place a minority $ 30 million stake in Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and invest an undisclosed amount that is somewhere in the range of «hundreds of millions of dollars» in Sir Richard Branson's ambitious space tourism venture, which aims to take well - heeled clients who can pay $ 200,000 for a ticket to an orbital space flight around the Earth.

If all goes well with the first flight, Virgin Galactic could start offering regular commercial flights by the start of 2015.

For more information and to view photo / video highlights of past Expeditions, please visit: http://spaceangels.com/expedition Companies and organizations who've participated in previous Expeditions include: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, Planet [Labs], Facebook, Made in Space, Terra Bella, Planetary Resources, Spaceflight Industries, BlackSky Global, Ventions, Spire, Kymeta, Tethers Unlimited, Oculus, XCOR, Masten, Final Frontier Design, B612 Foundation, SETI Institute, Museum of Flight, Mojave Air & Spaceport, Boeing, NASA Ames, and more.

Virgin Atlantic doesn't have one of the best award redemption charts for flights.

In the spirit of drinking local, San Francisco - based Virgin America now offers Bay Area label Philz Coffee on board all its flights.

Best Airlines for Families: Virgin Atlantic Bottle warming, free in - flight cots, baby meals, great kids» entertainment options, and a backpack full of swag are just a few of the incentives that Virgin Atlantic offers travelling families.

Virgin airlines and Theresa May have been urged to cancel the deportation of an asylum seeker who is understood to be close to death, amid a last - ditch effort to stop the flight before it leaves tomorrow night.

Virgin Atlantic's senior lawyer will give evidence to the Leveson inquiry next week after it emerged that an employee leaked the flight details of Sienna Miller, Ashley Cole and other celebrities to a global picture agency.

Virgin's flight follows in the jet wash of the U.S. Air Force, Airbus and BioJet 1.

«This pioneering flight will enable those of us who are serious about reducing our carbon emissions to go on developing the fuels of the future,» Sir Richard Branson, president of Virgin Atlantic, said in a statement.

Technicians from Virgin Atlantic, Boeing, GE Aviation (maker of the engine) and fuel provider Imperium Renewables now plan to analyze data collected during the flight to assess the engine's performance and pollution emissions.

Virgin Atlantic airline announced that early this year it will conduct the first flight test of a biodiesel — petroleum diesel blend in one of the four engines of a 747 aircraft; Air New Zealand is planning a similar test flight on a Rolls Royce engine in one of its 747s later in the year.

Virgin Galactic's suborbital tourism flights may not make it to the launchpad in time for this year's summer vacation, but there are plenty of places to commune with the cosmos from the comfort of Earth (and for less than $ 200,000).

Virgin Atlantic paid Barbara Hewson from Wales the equivalent of US$ 24,100 in 2002 as compensation after she was squashed by an obese person sitting next to her on a transatlantic flight.

carbon dioxide emissions per passenger on a Virgin Galactic spaceflight would be about 60 percent of a passenger's carbon footprint on a round - trip flight between New York and London.

Virgin Galactic hopes to fly 500 people to space in its first year of commercial flights and 50,000 over a decade.

Meanwhile, Virgin Galactic hopes to offer suborbital flights in the air - launched SpaceShipTwo rocket, built by Scaled Composites of Mojave, California, in the next couple of years.

Right now the facility's 10,000 - foot runway is being formed out of a mountain of gravel, but by 2011 it is expected to host the takeoffs and landings of space - tourism flights operated by its anchor tenant, Virgin Galactic.

So they are happy to delay their wedding till the day of the flight,» says Stephen Attenborough, head of astronaut relations at Virgin Galactic.

Boeing was involved in all four flights, including a Virgin Atlantic flight using a coconut - and babassu - derived biofuel blend; an Air New Zealand flight using a jatropha - derived biofuel blend; a Continental Airlines flight using a blend of algae - and jatropha - derived biofuel; and a Japan Airlines flight using an algae -, jatropha - and camelina - derived biofuel blend.

The SpaceShipOne flights paved the way for the construction of a fleet of commercial suborbital spacecraft for Virgin Galactic, an offshoot of Richard Branson's Virgin Group.

But I think that once SpaceX, once Jeff Bezos with Blue Origin, once Virgin Galactic, once these flights become much more routine then you're going to see it moving back away from the government and more toward the private citizen so the Peter Diamandis» of the world are actually going to get to fly.

George is also President and CEO of Virgin Galactic, now preparing SpaceShipTwo for its first powered flight.

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two — pictured here — recently conducted its third successful flight test in a row, reaching its highest altitude to date of 71,000 ft. Image Credit: Virgin Galactic

This morning, over the desert in Mojave, Calif., Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, designed to ferry tourists to altitudes of 62 miles above Earth, broke up in flight shortly after firing its engines, resulting in a -LSB-...]

The long flight from Miami with lovely Virgin team gave me the rare opportunity of having time to create a summary for this Miami event.

More than most recent movies about suburban adolescence, The Virgin Suicides catches both the triviality and the grandeur of youth, its prosaic details and its mythopoetic flights.

I cant beleive this film hasn't received glowing reviews though I caught sight of it almost by accident on a Virgin Atlantic flight.

As well as a two year scholarship at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre in Los Angeles, and mentoring from industry experts, the successful recipient will receive a $ 10,000 (# 7,000) allowance, and two flights - including one to the US to start their career - on Virgin Australia.

Terry McMahon's Patrick's Day tells the story of a 26 - year - old virgin schizophrenic who falls in love with a suicidal flight attendant.