A few days ago American aviation and space travel enthusiast Robert Mason shared his story with us. Since early childhood he had the dream of traveling into space. In October 2011 his dream finally came true as he traveled to the “Edge Of Space” on board of a Russian MiG-29 UB. Now exclusively to our Flightstory Facebook page, he shared his video about the journey. Unfortunately it’s without sound but definitely worth watching anyway! Video: ...
By Robert Mason The American Academy of Pediatrics reports, “Children are influenced by media—they learn by observing, imitating, and making behaviors their own” (2001, p.1224). I guess they are correct. BALTIMORE, MARYLAND—the nineteen eighties—It was during that decade that a very young Robert Mason’s fascination with aero- and astronautics began. From an early age, I recall watching shows such as The Galaxy Goof-Ups, Yogi’s Space Race, The Space Kidettes and, of course, The Jetsons, and ...
Today the first commercial spaceport in the world – Spaceport America – was opened by Sir Richard Branson and New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez. Looking skyward, more than 800 guests marveled at Virgin Galactic’s commercial space vehicles as they soared through the skies of southern New Mexico during the dedication ceremonies of Virgin Galactic’s new home. “Today is another history-making day for Virgin Galactic,” said Sir Richard Branson. “We are here with a group of ...
Virgin Galactic today announced that SpaceShipTwo (SS2), the first commercial space ship, successfully demonstrated its unique reentry “feather” configuration for the first time. After a 45 minute climb SS2 was released from VMS Eve in 51,500 feet. The spacecraft established a stable glide profile before deploying, for the first time, its re-entry or “feathered” configuration by rotating the tail section of the vehicle upwards to a 65 degree angle to the fuselage. It remained in ...
Virgin founder and one of the most brilliant entrepreneurs of our time, Sir Richard Branson recently gave an interview to British magazine T3. Besides the talk about Virgin Galactic and that manned space flights with SpaceShipTwo might be just a few months away he mentioned another very interesting topic. As a next step after Virgin Galactic was successfully launched, it seems like Virgin has big plans to change the face of commercial aviation like we ...
Virgin Galactic signed a contract with the Southwest Research Institute to fly scientists into space (over 100 kilometers or 328,000 feet above the Earth), enabling valuable microgravity, biology, climate and astronomy research. This is the first such agreement ever! As part of the contract, SwRI has made full deposits for two researchers to fly on Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft, with the intent to make similar arrangements for an additional six seats for a total value of ...
