Virgin Galactic has unveiled the spacewear its Astronauts will wear on their space missions, now expected to commence in 2020. The custom-fit uniforms comprise of a base layer, spacesuit, footwear, training suit and limited-edition astronaut jacket.

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing will plough US$20 million into Virgin Galactic as the companies work together to expand commercial space access.

A few milestones were achieved this week at Virgin Galactic, which has bonded the fuselage and cabin of its next spaceship to the completed wing assembly.

Virgin Galactic has revealed the first look at the interior fit-out of its Gateway to Space building at Spaceport America in New Mexico. The work completed showcased two floors of the building primarily focused on spaceflight operations, which also incorporates communal spaces designed for use in the future by Virgin Galactic customers, along with their friends and families. Completion of this interior work means the spaceport facility is now operationally functional and able to support Virgin Galactic’s flight requirements.

Virgin Galactic is set to be the first and only publicly traded commercial human spaceflight company after announcing a merger with Social Captial Hedosophia.

Virgin Galactic is making its next step towards the realisation of full commercial space flights by moving its operation from the Mojave Desert in California to a purpose-built launch pad in New Mexico, USA.

The UAE Space Agency has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company that outlines cooperation across different areas including plans to bring Virgin Galactic spaceflights to the UAE for education, science, technology research as well as potential space tourism flights in the future.

In its fifth supersonic rocket powered test flight, Virgin Galactic reached space for the second time in 10 weeks today [22 February, 2019] in the skies above Mojave, California. Spaceship VSS Unity reached its highest speed and altitude to date and, for the first time, carried a third crew member on board along with research payloads from the NASA Flight Opportunities program.

South Australia has been pinpointed as a potential launch site for Richard Branson’s commercial space tourism program, Virgin Galactic.

History has been made and a long-anticipated dream realised in Mojave, California, as Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, landed from her maiden spaceflight to cheers from Richard Branson and the teams from Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company.

Remarks by Sir Richard Branson that Virgin Galactic was only weeks away from entering space flights reignited excitement around the world recently that space tourism was finally on the cusp of fruition.

Virgin Galactic test pilots broke Mach 2 late last week, as VSS Unity took her third rocket-powered supersonic outing in less than four months. After a clean release from carrier aircraft VMS Eve at 14,173 metres, pilots Dave Mackay and Mike “Sooch” Masucci lit the spaceship’s rocket motor, before pulling up into a near vertical climb and powering towards the black sky at 2.47 times the speed of sound.