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Taranto-Grottaglie Airport: agreement signed for sub-orbital flights

Virgin's first airplane should take off in the near future

Taranto-Grottaglie Airport should soon become the first European spaceport to allow the take-off and landing of commercial aircraft in sub-orbital flights in the future, which can be used both for the transport of goods and people in quick times and for launch satellites into orbit. Last Friday at the Italian embassy in Washington the cooperation plan was signed with the United States, with Virgin...

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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

AerospaceGrottaglie Airport: Puglia aims for the cosmos

Vasile (AdP): "Let's prepare the Italian future that is now and the challenge of space"

An 11 million Euro project to strengthen Italy's commercial role in the aerospace sector. This is the aim of the reorganization project of the Italian "Marcello Arlotta" airport of Taranto-Grottaglie,... more

CuriositiesStratolaunch: new test for the double fuselage aircraft

The largest plane in the world has reached 145 km/h -VIDEO

Preliminary tests continue that will lead to the first flight of the double-fuselage aircraft of Stratolaunch Systems -the company founded by the recently deceased Paul Allen-, last week the US company... more

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AerospaceStarship's sixth flight test

Super Heavy lifted off with all 33 Raptor engines

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The super-heavy reusable launch vehicle, currently under development

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