In Monday's announcement, Branson said Virgin has signed an agreement with pioneering aviation designer Burt Rutan to build an aircraft based on Rutan's SpaceShipOne vessel. SpaceShipOne cracked the ...

Rutan’s most notable achievements include “Voyager” (the first plane to fly non-stop around the world) and SpaceShipOne (the first privately funded spacecraft). Burt is also honored at the ...

On May 28, 1959, two monkeys named Able and Baker became the first monkeys to go to space and make it back alive. On May 28, 1959, two monkeys named Able and Baker became the first monkeys to go ...

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The COVID-19 pandemic showed the value of changing direction in research. It should be incentivized, encouraged and celebrated. An analysis of landscape features and of river deposits preserved in ...