Virgin Galactic

By Matthew Fulco
The global space tourism market is forecast to grow briskly from $851.7 million in 2024 to $5.19 billion by 2034, a new report says.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Virgin Galactic said late Nov. 8 that it will “pause” Unity spaceplane flights in mid-2024.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Structures specialist Qarbon Aerospace and its private equity owners have named Michael Canario as Qarbon’s new CEO.
Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Suborbital space tourism provider Virgin Galactic is laying off workers to fund production of the Delta variant of its spaceships, the company said late Nov. 7.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The SwRI's Alan Stern and two other paying passengers joined a Virgin Galactic crew for a short suborbital hop on Nov. 2.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Virgin Galactic’s suborbital spaceship conducted a third commercial mission on Sept. 8, but did not livestream or release the passengers' names before takeoff.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Despite developing Parkinson’s disease, one of Virgin Galactic’s first customers boarded the company’s VSS Unity spaceship for a suborbital ride.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim, Guy Norris
Space tourism company makes room for experiments and prototypes.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Virgin Galactic's spaceplane VSS Unity’s cockpit and structure were enhanced for higher-tempo operations and were tested in June on its first commercial flight.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Axiom, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic have all flown privately paying passengers into orbital and suborbital space from the U.S.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Moratorium on space passenger safety regulations is poised to end Oct. 1.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
The Virgin Galactic space company conducted its inaugural commercial flight on June 29.
Commercial Space

By Jen DiMascio, Irene Klotz
George Nield, who led the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation, talks about managing the risks of private space travel without harming innovation.
Check 6

By Michael Bruno
The announcement, made in a U.S. regulatory filing late June 22, spurred a 19% selloff of Virgin’s share price by midday regular trading on June 23.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Virgin Galactic is aiming to begin commercial suborbital spaceflight services between June 27 and 30, the company said on June 15.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week. Primary Category: AEROSPACE
Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
Company’s newly refurbished spaceship and carrier jet return to flight.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz, Guy Norris
After a nearly two-year hiatus, Virgin Galactic returned its SpaceShipTwo passenger vehicle into suborbital space on May 25.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Virgin Galactic plans to return to space later this month with a fully crewed test flight of the refurbished SpaceShipTwo spaceplane VSS Unity.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Virgin Galactic completed the first glide flight of the updated SpaceShipTwo spaceplane VSS Unity from Spaceport America in New Mexico on April 26.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Ferrying VMS Eve to Spaceport America clears the way for initial glide and powered tests of the refurbished SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity over the coming months.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Virgin Galactic completed the first test flight of the VMS Eve carrier aircraft at Mojave, California, on Feb. 15.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Virgin Galactic ordered additional inspections after an unidentified vendor contacted the company about a potential problem with its components.
Space

By Irene Klotz
If schedules hold, Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson will fly nine days ahead of fellow billionaire entrepreneur and space buff Jeff Bezos, founder and funder of Blue Origin.
Space