14 December 2018
VSS Unity reaches edge of space in landmark test flight
... present the pilots with FAA Commercial Astronaut Wings at a ceremony in Washington DC. Since the company’s inception in 2004, Virgin Galactic have made bold claims about its expected timescales for making space tourism a reality. In 2008 it said...
30 October 2017
Virgin Group and Saudi Arabia announce $1 billion deal
... 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 Dhabi’s Aabar Investments,” according to a press release by the company...
20 April 2016
Satellite company OneWeb announce ambitious plans for world-wide internet coverage
... design and performance, and being right at the space center using Virgin Galactic we will be able to launch new satellites within hours of completion.” Virgin Galactic’s air-launched LauncherOne vehicle, which is still in development and could fly...
05 December 2015
Virgin Galactic to Use Boeing 747 for LauncherOne Missions
... the productive capacity of the Newton engines we were developing” for LauncherOne, said George Whitesides, chief executive of Virgin Galactic. The company concluded the 747 was the best choice for carrying the enlarged LauncherOne. Whitesides...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
... lives of all crew members Recent setbacks, such as the loss of Virgin Galactic SpaceShipOne, have been offset by the progress made in other areas with both Virgin Galactic and Xcor both looking to begin test flights imminently [6]. As the prospect...
February 2020
Opportunity knocks for UK space industry
... an official spokesperson for the company. Between 2007 and 2011 he was president of the company’s space venture Virgin Galactic. Since 2011 he has been a non-executive director of Stagecoach Group, where he was appointed Deputy Chairman in 2016...
