10 January 2020
Virgin Galactic's second spaceship completes a major build milestone
.... Virgin Galactic’s wholly-owned aerospace development subsidiary, The Spaceship Company, has already made a start on the fleet’s third spaceship and so far have completed over 50 percent of the structural and system part fabrication at their base...
10 July 2019
Virgin Galactic to become the first publicly traded commercial human spaceflight company
.... “Virgin Galactic, along with its sister manufacturing organisation, The Spaceship Company, has taken a huge step towards becoming the very first publicly listed human spaceflight company and therefore available to equity investors. This achievement...
05 December 2016
VSS Unity makes successful first glide flight test
... flight, which was piloted by Mark Stucky and Dave Mackay, marks the first time that a vehicle built by the company’s sister organisation, aptly named The Spaceship Company, flew fully under its own control. Mike Moses, SVP of operations for...
30 October 2017
Virgin Group and Saudi Arabia announce $1 billion deal
... for an additional investment of $480 million at a future date. Under the deal, the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF), would take “a significant stake in Virgin Galactic, The Spaceship Company and Virgin Orbit, alongside Virgin Group and Abu...
