Virgin Galactic seemed to be on the fast track to making space tourism a reality. Unfortunately, that was before the tragic 2014 loss of the SpaceShipTwo (VSS Enterprise) test vessel. The accident resulted in the death of one of the ship’s two crew and set back Virgin Galactic’s plans dramatically. …
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Virgin Media has unveiled its new 4K Ultra HD TV box, the Virgin Media V6 and it comes with a wide range of new features. The Virgin Media V6 comes with support for 4K Ultra HD video and it also supports 4K video from Netflix and YouTube. The new set …
Read More »Virgin Galactic VSS Unity Makes Its First Glide Slight
Virgin Galactic has announced that is new spaceship, the VSS Unity has made its first successful free flight and you can see it in action in the video below. The VSS Unity achieved a spped of Mach 0.6 whilst in flight and it glided home from a height of 50,000 …
Read More »Virgin Media TellyTablet Launches In The UK For £299
Virgin Media has this week launched a new 14 inch tablet in the UK in the form of the TellyTablet witch as the name suggests allows you to watch TV as well as use it as a more traditional tablet when required. The new TellyTablet is equipped with an IPS …
Read More »NASA, SpaceX, and Virgin Galactic dominate the news: this week in space
John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, has died at 95. His legacy as a combat pilot, spaceman, senator, and loving family man will succeed him, along with the John Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Godspeed, John Glenn. SpaceX just lost a major contract as an after-effect of …
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