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Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. is a British-American spaceflight company founded by Richard Branson and the Virgin Group conglomerate which retains an 11.9% stake through Virgin Investments Limited. [2] It is headquartered in California, and operates from New Mexico.
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Jun 9, 2024 · Virgin Galactic is the world’s first commercial spaceline, and our purpose is to connect people across the globe to the love, wonder and awe created by space travel. We believe that spaceflight has the unique ability to shift our perspectives, our technology, and even our trajectory as a species.
Jun 9, 2024 · Virgin Galactic has completed its second spaceflight of 2024 and 12th mission to date, carrying one researcher and three private astronauts. Yesterday’s ‘Galactic 07’ flight marks Virgin Galactic’s seventh research mission with VSS Unity again serving as a suborbital lab for space-based scientific research.
Jun 15, 2023 · Virgin Galactic has announced the start of commercial spaceflight service. The flight window for its first commercial revenue-generating mission, ‘Galactic 01’, opens on 27 June, 2023 with opportunities to fly through 30 June.
Jan 26, 2024 · Virgin Galactic has completed its first spaceflight of 2024 – its 11th mission to date. Today’s Galactic 06 flight marked the first time all four seats aboard VSS Unity were occupied by private astronauts.
Virgin Galactic is launching a new space age, where all are invited along for the ride.
Jul 11, 2021 · Virgin Galactic has announced its spaceship VSS Unity successfully reached space. This was the spaceline’s fourth spaceflight and first test flight with a full crew in the cabin, including Virgin Group founder, Sir Richard Branson.
Dec 20, 2023 · The flight window for Virgin Galactic’s latest mission, ‘Galactic 06’, will open on 26 January, 2024. This will be the company’s 11th spaceflight to date and will follow a year of unprecedented human spaceflight achievements that included six suborbital spaceflights in six months.
Jun 10, 2024 · On Saturday, the VSS Unity space plane made its final flight, carrying four passengers to an altitude of 54.4 miles (87.5 km) above the New Mexico desert. The spacecraft will now be retired after...
