Virgin Galactic

FAA grounds Virgin Galactic’s core spaceship pending probe into Richard Branson’s flight

By Joey Roulette September 2

FAA investigating off-course descent of Virgin Galactic’s flight with Richard Branson

By Joey Roulette September 1

Virgin Galactic reopens ticket sales starting at $450K per seat

By Joey Roulette August 5

The space tourism industry is stuck in its billionaire phase

By Joey Roulette July 17

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Elon Musk has a ticket to ride on Richard Branson’s spaceplane

By Joey Roulette July 12

Virgin Galactic successfully sends Richard Branson to the edge of space

By Joey Roulette July 11

Watch Virgin Galactic launch Richard Branson to space

By Joey Roulette July 10

Space tourism rivalry gets extremely petty ahead of Branson’s spaceflight

By Joey Roulette July 9

Richard Branson aims to fly to space before Jeff Bezos, Virgin Galactic confirms

By Joey Roulette July 1

Virgin Galactic spaceplane VSS Unity completes successful flight

By Kim Lyons and Joey Roulette May 22

Virgin’s rocket reaches orbit for the first time, deploys satellites

By Sean O'Kane January 17

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Virgin Galactic aborts first powered spaceflight from New Mexico spaceport

By Loren Grush December 12, 2020

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First scientist slated to fly to space on Virgin Galactic’s suborbital tourist rocket

By Loren Grush October 14, 2020

Virgin Galactic releases renders of proposed supersonic jet that can reach Mach 3

By Loren Grush August 3, 2020

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Virgin Galactic unveils the interior cabin of its tourist spaceplane

By Loren Grush July 28, 2020

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NASA eyes flying astronauts and personnel to the edge of space on commercial rockets

By Loren Grush June 23, 2020

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Virgin Galactic will organize private passenger trips to the space station for NASA

By Loren Grush June 22, 2020

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Small satellite launcher Virgin Orbit fails to launch rocket to space during first test flight

By Loren Grush May 25, 2020

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Virgin Galactic lost $60 million in first quarter, announces new NASA partnership for supersonic tech

By Loren Grush May 5, 2020

Small satellite launcher Virgin Orbit conducts dress rehearsal ahead of its first test flight

By Loren Grush April 13, 2020

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Virgin Orbit plans to mass-produce new medical breathing device to help fight coronavirus pandemic

By Loren Grush March 30, 2020

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When your next door neighbor is a glittering spaceport

A tiny New Mexico town has been waiting for space tourists to fly down the road

By Loren Grush December 30, 2019

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Virgin Galactic celebrates first day on the New York Stock Exchange

By Loren Grush October 28, 2019

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Virgin Galactic to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange as early as October 28th

By Loren Grush October 24, 2019

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Virgin Galactic shows off the suits its customers will wear during joyrides to space

By Loren Grush October 16, 2019

Small satellite launcher Virgin Orbit announces plans to send tiny vehicles to Mars

By Loren Grush October 9, 2019

The Italian Air Force plans to fly researchers on one of Virgin Galactic’s flights to space

By Loren Grush October 2, 2019

Virgin Galactic to become the first space tourism company to go public

By Jon Porter July 9, 2019

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The first woman to fly commercial to space describes what it’s like to see Earth from 55 miles up

By Loren Grush March 16, 2019

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Virgin Galactic spaceplane reaches space with first passenger on board

By Loren Grush February 22, 2019

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With shiny new badges, Virgin Galactic pilots join elite group of commercial astronauts

By Loren Grush February 8, 2019

Virgin Galactic lays off 40 employees ahead of transition to New Mexico spaceport

By Loren Grush January 25, 2019

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