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,…
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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…
Air New Zealand mulls Virgin Australia exit
Air New Zealand announced it was considering selling its stake in Virgin Australia, saying it wanted to look at other uses for the capital it…
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…
Mojave Update: SpaceShipTwo Construction
This weekend marked the six month anniversary of the tragic loss of Michael Alsbury during the VSS Enterprise‘s 55th test flight. Over those six months, we’ve…
Virgin Atlantic plane with landing-gear fault lands safely
(Reuters) – A Virgin Atlantic plane with landing-gear problems safely made a “non-standard” landing on Monday at London’s Gatwick airport, but the airport remained closed,…
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…
Virgin Atlantic to shut down UK short-haul service
AFP Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic will shut its short-haul domestic service in Britain, the airline said Monday, partly owing to a lack of demand for…
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 –…
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