Virgin Galactic

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Astra Space and Terran Orbital are the latest public space startups to bow out.

Virgin Galactic is reporting a net loss of $502.34 million in 2023, including a loss of $102.3 million in the fourth quarter.

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Virgin Galactic is investigating the loss of a part of the mechanism connecting VSS Unity with the carrier aircraft VMS Eve during a commercial spaceflight.

For the first time, Virgin Galactic flew paying passengers without a company employee in the SpaceShipTwo crew cabin.

Performance benefits of Unity upgrades that were proved last year will feed into Delta spaceship design as belt-tightening forces cuts in near-term flight rate.

The global space tourism market is forecast to grow briskly from $851.7 million in 2024 to $5.19 billion by 2034, a new report says.

Virgin Galactic said late Nov. 8 that it will “pause” Unity spaceplane flights in mid-2024.

Structures specialist Qarbon Aerospace and its private equity owners have named Michael Canario as Qarbon’s new CEO.

Suborbital space tourism provider Virgin Galactic is laying off workers to fund production of the Delta variant of its spaceships, the company said late Nov. 7.

The SwRI's Alan Stern and two other paying passengers joined a Virgin Galactic crew for a short suborbital hop on Nov. 2.

Virgin Galactic’s suborbital spaceship conducted a third commercial mission on Sept. 8, but did not livestream or release the passengers' names before takeoff.

Despite developing Parkinson’s disease, one of Virgin Galactic’s first customers boarded the company’s VSS Unity spaceship for a suborbital ride.

Space tourism company makes room for experiments and prototypes.

Virgin Galactic's spaceplane VSS Unity’s cockpit and structure were enhanced for higher-tempo operations and were tested in June on its first commercial flight.

Axiom, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic have all flown privately paying passengers into orbital and suborbital space from the U.S.

Moratorium on space passenger safety regulations is poised to end Oct. 1.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The Virgin Galactic space company conducted its inaugural commercial flight on June 29.

George Nield, who led the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation, talks about managing the risks of private space travel without harming innovation.

The announcement, made in a U.S. regulatory filing late June 22, spurred a 19% selloff of Virgin’s share price by midday regular trading on June 23.

Virgin Galactic is aiming to begin commercial suborbital spaceflight services between June 27 and 30, the company said on June 15.

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Company’s newly refurbished spaceship and carrier jet return to flight.