Richard Branson makes historic first full flight to space with VirginGalactic’s Unity22
Today a new step into spaceflight has been taken by VirginGalactic from their Spacebase in New Mexico ‘Spaceport America’ when ‘Unity22’ took to space with…
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Saudi Arabia Announces Intended $1bn Investment In Virgin Space Companies
The Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia and Virgin Group(Virgin), have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a partnership under which PIF intends to…
Virgin Galactic: The Next Phase Of Flight Test
In September, VSS Unity took to the skies for the first time. It was a fulfilling and emotional experience for our team—but even more so,…
FAA-AST Awards Virgin Galactic Operator License For SpaceShipTwo
We kicked off August with two important milestones. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA-AST) has awarded Virgin Galactic an operator…
Virgin Galactic And Y-3 Announce Exclusive Space-Apparel Partnership
Spaceport America in New Mexico provided the backdrop for the launch of a new partnership for Virgin Galactic which will see Y-3 take on the…
Branson pushes on with spaceship plan despite crash
(AFP) Space tourism venture Virgin Galactic on Tuesday said it was pressing ahead with plans to build a second model of the SpaceShipTwo which crashed…
Rocket plane’s tail activated prematurely in fatal crash
(Reuters) – A team investigating the fatal test-flight crash of a Virgin Galactic passenger spaceship found that its rotating tail, designed to ease reentry into…
Virgin Galactic spaceship crashes during Calif. test flight
(Reuters) – A suborbital passenger spaceship being developed by Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic company crashed during a test flight on Friday at the Mojave Air…
MAKING HISTORY IN MOJAVE
Remembering the first space flight of SpaceShipOne. On June 21 2004, the world’s first privately built spaceship was flown to space by a private astronaut-pilot…
NASA AND VIRGIN GALACTIC SELECT PAYLOADS FOR FIRST SPACE RESEARCH FLIGHT ONBOARD SPACESHIPTWO
12 Payloads Designed by American Universities, Private Companies, and Federal Labs to fly on NASA-Chartered Virgin Galactic Flight MOJAVE, Calif. – June, 3 2014 –…
VIRGIN GALACTIC AND SPACEPORT AMERICA SIGN KEY AGREEMENT FOR ACCESS TO AIRSPACE FOR SPACEFLIGHTS FROM NEW MEXICO
Agreement between Virgin Galactic, Spaceport America, and the Federal Aviation Administration is the first to cover a commercial spaceline Virgin Galactic, the privately-funded space company…
VIRGIN GALACTIC ROCKET MOTOR MILESTONE
Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline which is owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi’s aabar Investments PJS, has selected a…
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