News Archive / Tagged: Mojave Air and Space Port

• Stratolaunch aircraft makes 1st flight

  Patrick AttwellApril 13th, 2019

  At 6:58 a.m. PST (13:58 GMT) April 13, 2019, the world’s largest airplane took to the skies for the first time above the Mojave Desert.

• SpaceShipTwo flies to space with 1st ‘test’ passenger

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 22nd, 2019

  Three new people are set to get their astronaut wings as Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo performed a second flight into space on a suborbital trajectory.

• VSS Unity conducts test flight that nearly reaches space

  Jason RhianDecember 13th, 2018

  Virgin Galactic's program designed to kick off space tourism has just reached another milestone with a flight that almost reached the edge of space. 

• Gallery: Thursday’s rocket-powered flight sees VSS Unity break Mach 2

  Jason RhianJuly 27th, 2018

  MOJAVE, Calif. -- In a span of less than four months, Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity has carried out three "rocket-powered" supersonic flights. The most recent test took place on Thursday, July 26, 2018. 

• VSS Unity conducts first powered flight

  Jason RhianApril 5th, 2018

  The SpaceShip Company, using its VSS Unity spacecraft, successfully completed the vehicle's first supersonic, rocket-powered test flight on Thursday, April 5. Piloted by Mark “Forger” Stucky and Dave Mackay, today's flight marked the first flight since the October 31, 2014 accident that saw the loss of the VSS Enterprise.