NASA Comes Calling for Virgin Galactic

The US space program is far from gone, after the retiring of the shuttle program.  Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic and Aabar Investments PJS have been selected by NASA to provide sub-orbital flight opportunities for NASA engineers.  By using Virgin Galactic, NASA will soon be able to provide researchers access to space.

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo is the only suborbital vehicle conducting test flights today that is capable of carrying a crew.  Additionally, SpaceShipTwo has a large sized cabin that is able to meet the needs of researchers.  Formerly thought to be a space tourism company, NASA’s interest in Virgin Galactic is shining a new light on Branson’s project.

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http://www.virgingalactic.com/news/item/nasa-selects-virgin-galactic-for-suborbital-flights/