Scaled Composites White Knight

...2 2004, it was reported that, for its initial atmospheric drop tests, the X-37 would be launched from the Scaled Composites White Knight , a high-altitude research aircraft better known for launching Scaled's SpaceShipOne . On June...

In this article: NASA, Boeing, Darpa, Mojave, California, Space Shuttle, Boeing X-37, Edwards Air Force Base, Derivative, and Columbia

...2005 until April 2006. White Knight carrying a Northrop Grumman radar pod The Scaled Composites model number for White Knight is 318. White Knight is registered with the Federal Aviation Administration as ''. The White Knight carrier...

In this article: White knight, Boeing X-37, Scaled Composites, Darpa, Ansari X Prize, The White Knight, Northrop Grumman, and Federal Aviation Administration

...also given. Taxiing, scheduled for 06:30, began at 06:36. Takeoff from Mojave Spaceport, scheduled for 07:00, took place at 06:49. White Knight then carried SpaceShipOne to the launch altitude, in excess of 43,500 feet (13.3 km ).

In this article: Ansari X Prize, White Knight, Scaled Composites, Mike Melvill, Sputnik 1, X Prize Foundation, Wright brothers, Gordon Cooper, and Burt Rutan

...contain astronauts in training, and be identical to SpaceShipTwo's cabin. White Knight Two is a development upon the White Knight (or White Knight One) design. SpaceShipTwo will have a cockpit similar to SpaceShipOne, and a large cabin to...

In this article: White Knight, Virgin Galactic, Ansari X-Prize, X-Prize Foundation, The Spaceship Company, Burt Rutan, and Scaled Composites

...of 88 kN thrust and an 87 s burn. SpaceShipOne takes off from the ground, attached to White Knight in a parasite configuration, and under White Knight's power. The combination of SpaceShipOne and White Knight can take off, land, and...

In this article: White Knight, Scaled Composites, Burt Rutan, Nitrous oxide, Virgin Galactic, Paul Allen, Space Shuttle, and Ansari X Prize

...still paying for a suborbital flight in our current economic clime, and yeah, I probably believe him. Virgin Galactic and its SpaceShipTwo/White Knight launch system will be the main attraction, but the spaceport's license for vertical and...

In this article: FAA, White Knight, and Las Cruces, NM

...science fiction to imminent science reality following the successful flight of prototype Space Ship One, launched from its mothership White Knight One last year. A hundred thousand "astro-tourists" are being signed up by a select few space...

In this article: Will Whitehorn, Virgin Galactic, RAF Lossiemouth, White Knight One, Aberdeen University, RAF, Virgin, and Richard Branson

...the UK, is attempting to capitalize on this gap in the market with Virgin Galactic. That company recently revealed the mother vehicle (White Knight Two) for its two-stage system, which builds on the lessons learned from SpaceShip One,...

In this article: SpaceX, Elon Musk, Ansari X Prize, White Knight, Virgin Galactic, Filed, Dragon, Oxygen, and Kerosene

...space. Before those ships can get into space, however, they will need a lift up -- which is what White Knight Two will provide. White Knight Two is a dual-hull quad-engine aircraft roughly three times larger than the original White Knight.

In this article: White Knight, Virgin Galactic, Scaled Composites, Mojave Air and Space Port, Ansari X-Prize, Wired.com, Spaceship, Burt Rutan, and Virgin America

...radically different ideas about how to get to space. SpaceShipTwo, like its predecessor, rides under the belly of a plane called the White Knight, which slowly gains altitude before its payload takes off. The Dream Chaser is a bullet-shaped...

In this article: Jim Benson, Richard Branson, Burt Rutan, Virgin Galactic, NASA, Revenue, White Knight, Virgin, and PayPal