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General Aviation News, Space News November 1, 2016

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,…

Civilian aviation news, Space News August 12, 2016

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…

Civilian aviation news March 30, 2016

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…

Space News January 14, 2016

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…

General Aviation News, Space News May 5, 2015

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…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News December 29, 2014

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,…

General Aviation News, Space News November 4, 2014

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…

General Aviation News, Space News November 3, 2014

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…

General Aviation News, Space News October 31, 2014

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…

Civilian aviation news October 6, 2014

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…

General Aviation News, Space News June 23, 2014

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…

Space News June 4, 2014

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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