Virgin Galactic’s Shiny New VSS Imagine Raises a Lot of Questions
30 Mar 2021, 15:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Out of the blue, Virgin Galactic releases images and video of a spaceship it calls VSS Imagine, the first in an alleged new line of space vehicles
Next Virgin Galactic Test Flight Postponed Once More, Coming May at the Earliest
28 Feb 2021, 16:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Galactic still doesn't seem to have gotten to the bottom of a problem VSS Unity experienced back in December, postpones test fllght once more.
Virgin Galactic Going for a New Unity Test Flight After December Failure
6 Feb 2021, 16:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Galactic targeting a new test flight of the Unity spaceship sometime this month, last test conducted in December failed
Virgin Galactic Spaceship Failed to Reach Space
15 Dec 2020, 15:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity failed to reach space during a test on December 12, cause of the incident under investigation
First Astronaut Launch from New Mexico May Happen Next Week
5 Dec 2020, 08:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Galactic now estimates the next launch window for the VSS Unity test flight out of New Mexico will open on December 11
Here Are the Under Armour-Made Spacesuits for Virgin Galactic’s Pilots
4 Dec 2020, 16:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After revealing the spacesuits for the customers who will be flying Virgin, Under Armour reveals the overalls for VSS Unity's crew
Virgin Galactic New Mexico Space Flight Postponed by Humanity’s Invisible Enemy
22 Nov 2020, 09:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Galactic says it will have to postpone the VSS Unity flight that was scheduled for this month on account of New Mexico restrictions
New Mexico to Launch Its First Astronauts to Space This November
7 Nov 2020, 09:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Galactic gearing up from another test flight of the VSS Unity, crewed flight from Spaceport America to be state's first
Here’s How to Book a Flight to Space
7 Sep 2020, 12:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Galactic is gearing up to start sending tourists to space, with claims that thousands of people have already expressed interest
Mach 3 Civilian Aircraft Design Unveiled by Virgin Galactic
3 Aug 2020, 14:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Galactic Mach 3 airplane in the works with engines supplied by Rolls-Royce, the same company that powered the defunct Concorde
This Is the Interior of the SpaceShipTwo, and It’s All We’ve Been Hoping For
29 Jul 2020, 11:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Galactic unveils the interior of the SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity, six passengers can ride in style to the edge of space.
Want to See Inside a Spaceship? Virgin Unwraps SpaceShipTwo Interior on July 28
3 Jul 2020, 15:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Galactic to show a detailed look at the interior of the SpaceShipTwo meant for civilian trips to space at the end of the month
Virgin Galactic to Help NASA Send Civilian Space Travelers to the ISS
22 Jun 2020, 13:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / International Space Station to accept private citizen expeditions and government-enabled scientific research missions, Virgin tasked with finding customers
Virgin Spaceship Flies for Three Hours Attached to Carrier Plane
17 Feb 2020, 15:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Carrier plane VMS Eve helps the VSS Unity reach its new home in the New Mexico desert, the aptly named Spaceport America
Second Virgin Spaceship Can Now Carry Its Own Weight
9 Jan 2020, 16:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The yet unnamed craft deployed its main landing gear for the first time and the ship is now capable of supporting its own weight
The Fuselage of Virgin’s New Spaceship Gets One of Its Tanks
3 Dec 2019, 12:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Galactic announced the second spaceship in its lineup has received the Main Oxidiser Tank (MOT) at the beginning of December
Virgin Galactic Now Trains Civilians to Fly to Space
17 Nov 2019, 08:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin says it first customers, who had to pay around $250,000 for a ticket to space, have already been through “a number of flight preparation activities,”
This Is Richard Branson Wearing a Blue Under Armour Spacesuit
18 Oct 2019, 14:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The collection revealed this week comprises a base layer, spacesuit, footwear, training suit, and limited edition astronaut jacket
Boeing Buys into Virgin Galactic with $20 Million Investment
8 Oct 2019, 15:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Airplane manufacturer and NASA partner Boeing is investing $20 million in Richard Branson's space company, Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic to Fly Italian Air Force Specialists to Space for Experiments
3 Oct 2019, 15:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Three Italian Air Force researchers will be flown into space by Virgin Galactic in 2020, the first time government employees go to space in a private spacecraft