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General Aviation News, Space News October 3, 2013

VIRGIN GALACTIC’S “YOUR FLIGHT DNA” EVENT BRINGS TOGETHER LARGEST NUMBER OF FUTURE ASTRONAUTS TO DATE

Customers from around the world celebrate impending start of commercial operations Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group…

Space News September 8, 2013

Virgin Galactic second rocket powered test fligt

Space News April 29, 2013

VIRGIN GALACTIC BREAKS SPEED OF SOUND IN FIRST ROCKET-POWERED FLIGHT OF SPACESHIPTWO

Sir Richard Branson witnesses vehicle-proving milestone as company sets year-end goal for spaceflight MOJAVE, Calif. – Today, Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline owned…

Space News April 4, 2013

Feather Flight and Nitrous Vent Test Success

Pictured above: Vapor is seen billowing from Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2) as part of the space vehicle’s in-flight nitrous venting test on April 3rd. During…

Space News November 13, 2012

Sir Richard Branson visits Virgin Galactic employees in Mojave, CA

And applauds unique achievements and re-names spaceship manufacturing company Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, today dropped into his Mojave, Calif.-based Virgin Galactic…

Space News July 12, 2012

Virgin Galactic Reveals Privately Funded Satellite Launcher and Confirms SpaceShipTwo Poised for Powered Flight

New vehicle “LauncherOne” to transform small satellite market, as space tourism business powers into final leg of test flights During the Farnborough International Air Show…

Space News July 12, 2012

Branson’s spaceship puts subdued plane giants in shade

British tycoon Richard Branson stole the show here Wednesday, announcing that he and his family would be on Virgin Galactic’s first trip into space, as…

Space News July 11, 2012

Spaceport Farnborough?

Virgin Galactic headline Farnborough Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo provides star attraction at Farnborough International Airshow in preparation for a visit by Sir Richard Branson and many…

Space News May 31, 2012

FAA Launch Permit Gives Virgin Galactic’s Space Vehicles the Green Light for Powered Flight

SpaceShipTwo Set to Go for Heavy-Weight Glide Tests with Supersonic Flight Targeted for Year End Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline, announced today that…

Space News October 27, 2011

Virgin Galactic Selects First Commercial Astronaut Pilot From Competition

Fifty years ago, an historic competition for the first pilots to fly into space yielded the Mercury Seven astronauts. Today, from an intense selection process…

Space News October 18, 2011

Sir Richard Branson and New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez dedicate the ‘Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space’

WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo soar over Spaceport America New Science and Education Customers to Bring Benefits of Space Access to Students and Researchers. Looking skyward, more…

Space News October 16, 2011

Virgin Galactic signs deal with NASA for Research Missions on SpaceShipTwo

Space Agency places order to carry technology payloads to space Another exciting piece of news in the run up to our New Mexico Spaceport event…

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