News Archive / Tagged: Virgin Galactic
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Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity completes first commercial spaceflight
Derek RichardsonJune 29th, 2023Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo has flown with paying passengers for the first time on its inaugural commercial suborbital spaceflight.
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Blue Origin launches six people on suborbital trip to space
Theresa CrossDecember 12th, 2021Blue Origin launched its New Shepard rocket, taking "Good Morning America" co-anchor Michael Strahan on the company's third crewed suborbital spaceflight.
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FAA grounds Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo after ‘mishap’ report
Theresa CrossSeptember 6th, 2021Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo program after a “mishap” occurred on the company's last crewed flight into space.
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Richard Branson rides Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo into space
Theresa CrossJuly 11th, 2021Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo suborbital spacecraft took its first full crew, which included the company's billionaire founder Richard Branson, on a brief foray into space.
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Orbital space tourism poised to take off later this year
Theresa CrossMay 26th, 2021Within a span of about six months, a dozen new spaceflight participants could fly into orbit on four space tourism flights beginning as early as September.
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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo reaches space from New Mexico
Theresa CrossMay 24th, 2021On May 22, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo completed its third crewed test flight from Spaceport America in New Mexico. The first-ever spaceflight from New Mexico for the company also represents the third state to date launching humans to space.
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Virgin Galactic unveils its first ‘SpaceShip III’ suborbital spacecraft
Matt HaskellApril 5th, 2021Last week, Virgin Galactic, the space tourism firm owned by Richard Branson, revealed its newest design, SpaceShip III, with the first vehicle in this line dubbed “VSS Imagine.”
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OPINION: In spaceflight testing, what defines a failure?
Cullen DesforgesFebruary 27th, 2021Recently, several companies have made great strides in the realm of advanced spaceflight testing, despite public perception some would label a failure.
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Virgin Galactic begins Astronaut Readiness Program
Cullen DesforgesNovember 21st, 2019The commercial space industry is one step closer toward achieving its goal of sending paying customers to suborbit.
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Passengers on upcoming VG flights will get pins for spiffy new uniforms
Jason RhianOctober 27th, 2019When Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo takes to the skies with paying customers, those flying onboard the will be awarded pins by the Association of Space Explorers (ASE) upon their return. This, however, will not be the apparel that will mark their voyage. Recent events suggest that Virgin Galactic is about to open its operational doors.
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Virgin Galactic merges with Social Capital Hedosophia
Cullen DesforgesJuly 10th, 2019In an unprecedented move for the commercial space flight industry, Virgin Galactic (VG) and Social Capital Hedosophia (SCH) have announced a merger which is expected to become effective once the transaction closes this year.
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SpaceShipTwo flies to space with 1st ‘test’ passenger
Derek RichardsonFebruary 22nd, 2019Three new people are set to get their astronaut wings as Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo performed a second flight into space on a suborbital trajectory.
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Virgin Galactic has two freshly-minted astronauts
Jason RhianFebruary 11th, 2019The private space industry chalked up yet another win with the announcement that a recent SpaceShipTwo test flight earned two pilots their astronaut wings.
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SpaceX not alone in 2018’s high launch rate
Patrick AttwellJanuary 7th, 2019United Launch Alliance (ULA), Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab and Virgin Galactic conducted 14 launches from the United States this past year.
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VSS Unity conducts test flight that nearly reaches space
Jason RhianDecember 13th, 2018Virgin Galactic's program designed to kick off space tourism has just reached another milestone with a flight that almost reached the edge of space.
