Historic Milestone
SpaceShipTwo COMPLETES FIRST TEST FLIGHT FROM Spaceport America Hello again, it's Rocketman, Ken Baxter coming to you from our lockdown bunker in a very quiet Las Vegas, NV and welcome…
Sharp Dressed Man
FUN IN THE SIMULATOR Mission Training Hello again it's Rocketman, Ken Baxter, reporting from the city of Baltimore, where my I joined my fellow astronauts for two very intense days…
More Than Space Tourism!
In case you missed it, Sir Richard Branson was on Wall Street last Monday (wearing his space suit, of course!) to ring the opening bell and commence the start of…
I’ts Getting Closer
Hello all, Ken Baxter here from Sunny Las Vegas, Nevada and welcome to my blog! For those of you who don't know my story, let me start at the beginning.…
Houston, Tranquility Base here…the Eagle has landed
"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard", President John F Kennedy spoke…
Spaceflight Planned For This Year
Once upon a time, back in 2004, I took an incredible leap of faith and purchased the very FIRST ticket on Richard Branson's space tourism venture, Virgin Galactic. Spaceflight has…
600 mph Land Travel Close to Reality
Even though California has dramatically scaled back its plans for a high speed rail train as their financial crisis deepens, the journey toward this exciting new method of transportation moves…
VSS UNITY Returns with Three on Board
VSS UNITY Returns with Three on Board Hello again and welcome to my blog. After reading my latest Mission Update from my friends at Virgin Galactic I am now more…
Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson readies himself for space
Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson readies himself for space Image copyrightVIRGIN GALACTIC/MARSSCIENTIFIC.COM/TRUMBULL STU Image captionSir Richard will be one of the first to ride on his company's SpaceShipTwo vehicle Sir…
Richard Branson ups his tennis regime with hopes of flying to space within months
Becoming an astronaut is a famously difficult and demanding process, but when you're the CEO of a fledgling space tourism company, perhaps you can make your own rules. Richard Branson's…