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- Associated Press U.S. officials are pushing state regulators to clear the way for a new ventilation shaft to be built at the federal government's nuclear waste repository in southern New Mexico, but watchdog groups say modifying the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant's permit to allow for the construction could open the door to expansion. The state Environment Department's Hazardous Waste Bureau held a virtual hearing over the past week to gather comments on the proposed permit change. A final decision is anticipated in mid-October. Ventilation has been an issue since 2014, when a radiation releas...

Author Bio Daniel has been writing for Fool.com since 2019. A fan of value and dividend stocks, he covers the industrial sector, oil and gas, and renewable energy. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Houston with a BBA in finance and marketing and a certificate in personal financial planning. Going to space is something many of us have dreamed of since we were kids. And many of us dreamers got excited when, in October 2019, Virgin Galactic Holdings (NYSE:SPCE) was added to the New York Stock Exchange via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) as...

Virgin Galactic completed its third flight to the edge of space as it gears up to accept space tourists  May 25, 2021, 08:55 AM facebook Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic completed its third flight to the edge of space on Saturday. Richard Branson's space company aims to fly paying tourists to suborbital space starting in 2022. Shares of Virgin Galactic jumped following the successful test. Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic successfully completed its third crewed flight to the edge of space on Saturday following a botched attempt in December. The company's VSS ...

First Posted: May 24, 2021 07:32 AM EDT Photo : Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images The successful first human spaceflight from Virgin Galactic reached space on Saturday morning after its launching at 8:34 a.m. from Spaceport America, near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. The process that took two years is considered a major step in reaching Virgin Galactic's space tourism dream. Space Tourism Dream The SpaceShipTwo, an air-launched suborbital spaceplane type, was specifically designed for space tourism purposes. It was operated by Pilots Kelly Latimer and Michael Masucci. It carried VSS Un...

Virgin Galactic completes first spaceflight from New Mexico 25 May 2021 • In News Virgin Galactic has completed its third spaceflight and the first ever spaceflight from Spaceport America, New Mexico. VSS Unity achieved a speed of Mach 3 after being released from the mothership, VMS Eve, and reached space, at an altitude of 55.45 miles before gliding smoothly to a runway landing at Spaceport America. The crew experienced extraordinary views of the bright, blue-rimmed curvature of the earth against the blackness of space. New Mexico’s White Sands National Park sparkled brilliantly below. T...