https://spacewatch.global/tag/michael-colglazier/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 13 Dec 2024 12:03:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/michael-colglazier/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/12/virgin-galactic-and-enac-to-conduct-spaceport-feasibility-study/ Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=62920 Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. and Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile (ENAC), the civil aviation authority of Italy, have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly study the feasibility of Virgin Galactic conducting spaceflight operations from Grottaglie Spaceport in the Puglia region of Southern Italy.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/11/virgin-galactic-discloses-q3-financial-results/ Thu, 07 Nov 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=62139 Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. has disclosed its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024, and provided a business update. The Company's cash position remained strong, with cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $744 million as of September 30, 2024. Likewise, it experienced a revenue drop to $0.4 million, compared to $1.7 million in the third quarter of 2023. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/07/virgin-galactic-announces-crew-for-galactic-02-mission/ Tue, 18 Jul 2023 06:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50079 Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. has announced the crew of its seventh spaceflight and second commercial spaceflight, ‘Galactic 02,’ which will fly three private passengers to space, achieving several historical milestones and furthering the Company’s mission of broadening access to space.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/06/virgin-galactic-completes-inaugural-commercial-spaceflight/ Fri, 30 Jun 2023 06:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49705 Virgin Galactic has successfully completed its inaugural commercial spaceflight from Spaceport America in New Mexico. The Galactic 01 spaceflight carried 13 research payloads and three crew members from the Italian Air Force and the National Research Council of Italy. The spaceflight took off at 8:30 am MT (14:30 GMT), rising to an altitude at release at 44,500 feet. The flight's apogee was 52.9 miles, the top speed was Mach 2.88, and the landing time was 9:42 am MT (15:42 GMT).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/06/virgin-galactic-sets-date-for-galactic-01-flight/ Tue, 27 Jun 2023 06:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49633 Virgin Galactic has announced the four-person crew and target date for its Galactic-01 commercial spaceflight. The three-person crew from the Italian Air Force and National Research Council of Italy will board VSS Unity for a 90-minute flight to conduct a series of suborbital science experiments.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/06/virgin-galactic-announces-start-of-commercial-spaceflight-service/ Mon, 19 Jun 2023 06:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49515 Virgin Galactic Holdings have announced the start of commercial spaceline operations. The first commercial spaceflight, 'Galactic 01', will tentatively fly between June 27 – June 30, 2023. The second commercial spaceflight, 'Galactic 02,' will follow in early August 2023, with monthly spaceflights expected thereafter.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/07/virgin-galactic-reveals-spaceshiptwo-cabin-interior/ Wed, 29 Jul 2020 08:00:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=24579 Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., a vertically integrated aerospace and space travel company, revealed the cabin interior of its first SpaceshipTwo vehicle, VSS Unity in a virtual event streamed live on YouTube.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/07/virgin-galactic-announces-michael-colglazier-as-chief-executive-officer/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=24398&preview=true&preview_id=24398 Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“Virgin Galactic”), a vertically integrated aerospace and space travel company, today announced the appointments of Michael Colglazier as Virgin Galactic’s new Chief Executive Officer and George Whitesides as Chief Space Officer, effective July 20, 2020.]]>