Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. announced on 25 Febrary 2020 that in preparation for the re-opening of spaceflight sales, it is introducing the One Small Step initiative.
Read More »Virgin Galactic Captive Carry Test Flight Marks Relocation Of Spaceflight Operations To Spaceport America
Virgin Galactic successfully completed another vital step on its path to commercial service, relocating SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, to its commercial headquarters at Spaceport America’s Gateway to Space building.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’ed: Why 2020 will be big for space – beyond the glamour of astronaut launches
2020 promises to be a big year in space, but not only for the well-known events you keep on hearing about, such as the expected crewed launches from U.S. soil on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule and Boeing’s Starliner. In the background, thousands of new space entrepreneurs are executing on business plans that take advantage of the tremendous decrease of the costs of accessing space and operating in it. Many of these entrepreneurs have important milestones in 2020.
Read More »Virgin Galactic Successfully Assembles Second Spaceship For Commercial Operations
Virgin Galactic has reached the "Weight on Wheels" milestone in the build of its second commercial spaceship. In this milestone, all major structural elements of the vehicle were assembled, and the vehicle deployed its main landing gear and carried its own weight for the first time.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’ed: My 2019 in a review – by Ksenia Synkova
These personal reviews are being published during the holiday season. This is Ksenia Synkova of SpaceWatch.Global.
Read More »UAE’s Mubadala Showcases Emirati Space And Aerospace Ventures At 2019 Dubai Airshow
Mubadala Investment Company, the Abu Dhabi-based global investor, will showcase the latest development across its diverse aerospace portfolio at Dubai Airshow 2019, which runs from 17-21 November 2019.
Read More »Italian Air Force To Use Virgin Galactic For Suborbital Research Flight
Virgin Galactic has announced a new contract with the Italian Air Force for a research flight on the company’s SpaceShipTwo system during which Italian researchers will actively conduct experiments while they are in space.
Read More »Virgin Galactic and Social Capital Hedosophia Announce Merger
Virgin Galactic (VG) and Social Capital Hedosophia (SCH), a public investment vehicle sponsored by Social Capital and Hedosophia, announced that the boards of directors of each company have approved a definitive agreement under which the companies will merge,
Read More »Virgin Galactic Prepare for Move to New Mexico HQ
At a press conference last week, Virgin Founder Sir Richard Branson announced that Virgin Galactic’s development and testing program had advanced sufficiently to move the spaceline staff and space vehicles from Mojave, California to their commercial operations headquarters at Spaceport America, New Mexico.
Read More »Portugal Establishes National Space Agency Based In The Azores
Portugal has become the latest country to establish a national space agency. The new entity, called Portugal Space, will be headquartered in the Azores island of Santa Maria, the site of a proposed spaceport and a European Space Agency (ESA) Estrack tracking and telemetry station.
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