August 30, 2023
Three original ‘Founder’ Future Astroanuts will get their time to shine, in space
Virgin Galactic has flagged a flight window will open from 8 September 2023 for the third commercial spaceflight. If successful, it will be Virgin Galactic’s fourth spaceflight in four months.
Read More…July 21, 2023
Diversity rich crew includes 80-yo Olympian with Parkinson’s and mother-daughter duo
Virgin Galactic has revealed the identity of the first three private passengers it plans to take aboard spaceflight ‘Galactic 02’ in early August 2023.
Read More…July 14, 2023
‘Galactic 02’ follows recent commercial/research flight with the Italian Air Force
Virgin Galactic has earmarked a flight window opening from 10 August 2023 for its first private passenger spaceflight, dubbed ‘Galactic 02’. The publically-listed aerospace firm of the Virgin Empire says the flight window early next month “continues the Company’s regular cadence of spaceflights”.
Read More…June 30, 2023
Italy becomes a ‘pathfinder’ in commercial spaceflight
Virgin Galactic completed its inaugural commercial spaceflight, dubbed ‘Galactic 01,’ on Thursday morning, local time from Spaceport America, New Mexico.
Read More…June 19, 2023
‘Galactic 02’ and thereafter to carry private astronauts to space
Virgin Galactic has confirmed the start of commercial spaceline operations. The first commercial spaceflight, ‘Galactic 01,’ is planned to fly between 27-30 June, 2023. The second commercial spaceflight, ‘Galactic 02,’ will follow in early August 2023, with monthly spaceflights expected thereafter, the listed company said.
Read More…May 26, 2023
VSS Unity back in space after 676 days, Branson watches on from terra firma
Virgin Galactic successfully completed its latest test mission to space with a full crew from Spaceport America on Thursday (US time), as had been scheduled last week.
Read More…May 19, 2023
Unity 25 flight window opens 25 May, ahead of first paying passenger service
Virgin Galactic’s maiden commercial service – earmarked to operate next month – has been given the rather non-original flight name of ‘Galactic 01’.
Read More…April 27, 2023
Commercial services remain on track for Q2 2023 launch
Virgin Galactic has edged closer again to commencing commercial operations, yesterday [26 April 2023] performing a glide flight of VSS Unity from Spaceport America.
Read More…March 1, 2023
CEO Michael Colglazier says Q2 2023 launch date ‘on track’
Virgin Galactic’s CEO Michael Colglazier says the company’s highly-anticipated and long-awaited vision of taking passengers into space is on schedule for lift-off in the near future.
Read More…November 3, 2022
Bell Trexton, Qarbon Aerospace to manufacture major parts of next gen spacecraft
Virgin Galactic has revealed further partners who will be involved in the development of the new Delta class spaceships.
Read More…October 21, 2022
‘Space for the Curious’ was held over three-days in the Wyoming mountains
Virgin Galactic hosted a new 3-day, annual event for its Future Astronaut Community earlier this month in Wyoming’s Sierra Madre mountains in the United States.
Read More…August 17, 2022
New referral program offers streamlined access to direct sales channel
Virtuoso travel advisors no longer need to be Accredited Space Agents in order to sell seats on Virgin Galactic under a recently reignited agreement between the global luxury travel network and the aerospace company.
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