Mojave News

MOJAVE The Alta East Wind Energy Project to be located approximately three miles northwest of Mojave and expected to generate millions in local tax revenue was approved Friday by the Bureau of Land Management, according to a BLM news release.

Southern California is at the beginning of rattlesnake season, experts said, which means residents of suburban areas, canyons and deserts will need to tread carefully to avoid the slithering members of four dangerous species.

Branson, in remarks last week during a trip to Dubai, said the first public Virgin Galactic flight would happen Dec.

Hoping to cut down on drunken and drug-impaired drivers over the Memorial Day weekend, the California Highway Patrol will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on Saturday, May 25,in an unincorporated area of eastern Kern County.

When Gottlieb's fat-tired red '69 rolled past us, cherry-hued paint just visible through a cloud of dust, the folks nearby got excited.

Just a week after Virgin Galactic made history with its first rocket-powered test flight, the commercial spaceflight company announced that it is hiring two veteran pilots, including a former NASA astronaut, who will help bring space tourists to new heights above Earth.

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip2 under rocket power, its first ever since the program began in 2005.

A rocket blasts off during the Intermediate Space Challenge held at Tehachapi Municipal Airport in May 2012.

Blake Daniel Vescovi, the 18-year-old Tehachapi driver arrested following a rollover accident that sent five teenagers to the hospital on April 28, was arraigned in court on May 10.

According to a release from the KCSO just after 5 p.m., deputies responded to a home in the 20000 block of Nyamazi Court in Tehachapi just after 7 a.m. on March 10 where a 2 months old child, Cadeon MacMunn-Perez, had been found unresponsive in the residence.

Mark Greenberg SpaceShipTwo, christened VSS Enterprise, glides toward its landing during a flight in Mojave, Calif.

This file photo taken Oct. 4, 2004, shows, from left, Sir Richard Branson, Burt Rutan and Paul Allen as they , watch SpaceShipOne glide back to earth during the Ansari X Prize competition in Mojave, Calif.

With the promise of more affordable space flight on the horizon, "citizen scientists" are eying the possibility of conducting inexpensive research experiments in space.

Fresh off the heels of the first rocket-powered test flight of its passenger spaceship, owner and aspiring operator Virgin Galactic has added two pilots to its payroll, including Rick Sturckow, a former NASA astronaut, the company announced on Tuesday.

MOJAVE, CALIF. Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo made its first powered flight last week, breaking the sound barrier in a test over the Mojave Desert that moves the company closer to its goal of flying paying passengers on brief hops into space.

The day will include an afternoon of free pioneer life activities, family fun and experiences of the Gold Rush, from noon to 3 p.m. in the museum courtyard at 213 Buck Ave., Vacaville.

MOJAVE, Calif / ABU DHABI: On 29 April 2013, Virgin Galactic, the world's first commercial spaceline owned by Abu Dhabi's aabar Investments and the Virgin Group completed the first rocket-powered flight of its space vehicle, SpaceShipTwo .

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip2 under rocket power, its first ever since the program began in 2005.

The Queen has advertised for a personal chef. The job pays around $35,000 and requires travel to various royal estates for three months out of the year.

This photo provided by Virgin Galactic shows Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo under rocket power, its first ever since the program began in 2005.