Abu Dhabi trade in planes, spacecraft tops $2.5bnAbu Dhabi trade in planes and spacecraft, including parts thereof, has amounted to Dh9.3 billion ($2.53 billion) during the first nine months of 2017, according to figures released recently by the Statistics Centre-Abu Dhabi. The More… |
Abu Dhabi trade in planes, spacecraft tops $2.5bnAbu Dhabi trade in planes and spacecraft, including parts thereof, has amounted to Dh9.3 billion ($2.53 billion) during the first nine months of 2017, according to figures released recently by the Statistics Centre-Abu Dhabi. The More… |
Abu Dhabi fund holding off on Virgin Galactic decisionThe Abu Dhabi fund, which owns a major stake in British commercial spaceflight company Virgin Galactic, will wait for results of the probe into last week's fatal crash before deciding on its commitment to the project, a source with knowledge More… |
Virgin spaceship carrier plane damaged in testAn aircraft designed to launch Virgin Galactic's suborbital passenger spaceship was damaged in an accident on a California runway, manufacturer Scaled Composites said. In a statement on its website, Scaled, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nor More… |
Virgin unveils first commercial spaceshipBillionaire Richard Branson has unveiled the first commercial passenger spaceship, a sleek black-and-white vessel that represents an expensive gamble on creating a commercial space tourism industry. Virgin Galactic, an offshoot of Br More… |