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Virgin Galactic Successfully Completes First Fully Crewed Spaceflight
Monday, 12 July 2021, 5:20 am | Virgin Galactic
Fourth Spaceflight Tests Private Astronaut and Research Experience First In-Flight Livestream Brings Spaceflight Experience to Audiences Around the World LAS CRUCES, N.M. July 11, 2021 – Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“the Company” ... More >>
Virgin Galactic Announces First Fully Crewed Spaceflight
Friday, 2 July 2021, 10:26 am | Virgin Galactic
LAS CRUCES, N.M.- Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (the “Company” or “Virgin Galactic”), a vertically integrated aerospace and space travel company, today announced that the flight window for the next rocket-powered test flight of ... More >>
Virgin Galactic Announces New Contract For Human-tended Research Spaceflight
Friday, 4 June 2021, 6:10 am | Virgin Galactic
IIAS Researcher Kellie Gerardi to Fly as Payload Specialist on Research Mission LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“Virgin Galactic”), a vertically integrated aerospace and space travel company, has announced a new contract ... More >>
Virgin Galactic Completes First Human Spaceflight From Spaceport America, New Mexico
Sunday, 23 May 2021, 5:15 am | Virgin Galactic
Welcomes Astronauts and Payloads Home After Third Spaceflight LAS CRUCES, N.M. May 22, 2021 - Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“The Company or Virgin Galactic”) today completed its third spaceflight and the first ever spaceflight ... More >>
Virgin Galactic Unveils VSS Imagine, The First SpaceShip III In Its Growing Fleet
Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 6:28 am | Virgin Galactic
VSS Imagine will commence ground testing, with glide flights this summer Breakthrough livery design allows Imagine to mirror the surrounding environment as it moves from Earth to Space Manufacturing ramps up on next SpaceShip III in the fleet, VSS Inspire ... More >>
Galactic Unite Black Leaders In Aerospace Scholarship And Training Program First Cohort Announced
Wednesday, 24 February 2021, 6:45 am | Virgin Galactic
Six Students Awarded Scholarships in the Program Virgin Galactic today announced the first students to be awarded scholarships in the Galactic Unite Black Leaders in Aerospace Scholarship and Training (BLAST) program. BLAST is a scholarship, mentoring ... More >>
Virgin Galactic Launches Space Advisory Board
Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 7:16 am | Virgin Galactic
LAS CRUCES, N.M.- Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE), a vertically integrated aerospace and space travel company, today announced the establishment of its Space Advisory Board. The Virgin Galactic Space Advisory Board will provide advice to senior ... More >>
Virgin Galactic Update On Test Flight Program
Tuesday, 15 December 2020, 8:37 am | Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE), a vertically integrated aerospace and space travel company, announced an update following its recent test flight on December 12, 2020. During the test flight, the rocket motor did not fire due to the ignition ... More >>
Virgin Galactic Partners With Under Armour To Unveil Spacesuits For The World’s First Commercial Spaceflight Pilot Corps
Saturday, 5 December 2020, 7:53 am | Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic today unveiled the spacesuits its pilots will wear as they fly private astronauts on life changing journeys to space. Designed in collaboration with the company’s Technical Spacewear Partner, Under Armour, the Virgin Galactic Pilot ... More >>
Virgin Galactic Hires Two New Pilots Into Its Pilot Corps
Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 8:07 am | Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic today announced the appointment of two new pilots into its Pilot Corps, bringing the total number of pilots to eight. Jameel Janjua and Patrick Moran will be based at Spaceport America, New Mexico, and join the Virgin Galactic team ... More >>
Virgin Galactic Unveils Mach 3 Aircraft Design For High Speed Travel, And Signs MoU With Rolls-Royce
Tuesday, 4 August 2020, 7:18 am | Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“Virgin Galactic”), a vertically integrated aerospace and space travel company, which includes its manufacturer of advanced air and space vehicles, The Spaceship Company (“TSC”), announced today ... More >>
Virgin Galactic Announces Date For World’s First Virtual Reveal Of Spaceship Cabin Design
Friday, 3 July 2020, 7:14 am | Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“Virgin Galactic” or “the Company”), a vertically integrated aerospace company, today announced that SpaceShipTwo’s cabin interior design reveal will take place on July 28, 2020. The virtual event ... More >>
Virgin Galactic Signs Space Act Agreement With NASA For Private Orbital Spaceflight To ISS
Tuesday, 23 June 2020, 7:06 am | Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“Virgin Galactic” or “the Company”), a vertically integrated aerospace company, announced today the signing of a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Johnson Space Center to encourage commercial participation ... More >>
Virgin Galactic Signs Space Act Agreement With NASA In The Fight Against COVID-19
Tuesday, 28 April 2020, 7:46 am | Virgin Galactic
During the current global crisis, we believe that the space industry has a responsibility to share expertise, knowledge, resources, and ingenuity to aid in the fight against COVID-19. That’s why, today, we are proud to share that Virgin Galactic is meeting ... More >>
Virgin Galactic Kicks Off Astronaut Readiness Program
Saturday, 16 November 2019, 12:42 pm | Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic Kicks Off Astronaut Readiness Program Virgin Galactic has kicked off its Astronaut Readiness Program - the process of preparing Future Astronaut customers for their flights to space. As the first and only private company to have put humans ... More >>
Virgin Galactic Merger with Social Capital Hedosophia
Saturday, 26 October 2019, 11:56 am | Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic Completes Merger with Social Capital Hedosophia, Creating the World's First and Only Publicly Traded Commercial Human Spaceflight Company NEW YORK, October 25, 2019 /BusinessWire/ -- Virgin Galactic ("VG"), a vertically integrated ... More >>
Virgin Galactic Makes Space for Second Time in Ten Weeks
Saturday, 23 February 2019, 11:59 am | Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic Makes Space for Second Time in Ten Weeks with Three On Board, Reaching Higher Altitudes and Faster Speeds, as Flight Test Program Continues Flight Follows December’s Fourth Rocket-Powered Flight and First Space Flight Mojave, California, ... More >>
Richard Branson Welcomes Astronauts Home
Friday, 14 December 2018, 9:42 am | Virgin Galactic
Mojave, California, USA (13 Dec 2018): Today, Virgin Galactic conducted its fourth powered test flight and first space flight of its commercial SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity. Please find reporting materials below for news coverage and multimedia reporting. More >>
New Zealanders Lead the Way to Space
Monday, 1 March 2010, 3:20 pm | Virgin Galactic
This week Virgin Galactic announced that seven New Zealanders have paid a deposit for a Virgin Galactic sub-orbital spaceflight making New Zealand Virgin’s most significant space tourism market in terms of population size. “Although the US ... More >>
