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Virgin Galactic has refined its projection for the start of private astronaut flights to sometime in the final quarter of 2026.

As Virgin Galactic continues assembly of the first of its new Delta-class spaceplanes, the company has revealed an early research mission will be flown with an all-Purdue University payload crew.

Virgin Galactic is delaying the first launch of its upgraded commercial spaceflight program because of manufacturing problems.

Virgin Galactic says its on track to start final assembly of the first Delta Class spaceplane and remains on schedule to begin flight tests in early 2026.

New Zealand-based Dawn Aerospace said it is beginning to take orders for its remotely piloted, rocket-powered suborbital spaceplane.

Virgin Galactic said its manufacturing team and suppliers are adapting to “bumps in the road,” including delayed wing assembly.

Virgin Galactic has partnered with space infrastructure company Redwire to build research payload lockers for its next-generation Delta-class spaceplane.

Whitesides was former NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden’s chief of staff during the President Barack Obama administration.

Virgin Group founder Richard Branson plans a near-space ride as co-pilot for Space Perspective’s first crewed balloon flight into the stratosphere.

Lockheed is both a key investor in Terran, with a 28.3% stake in the company, and its largest customer.

Suborbital space tourism company Virgin Galactic has revealed new details of its long-term business model.

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity flew into suborbital space and back on June 8, bringing an end to the company’s commercial flight services until its Delta-class spacecraft debuts.

Virgin Galactic could see its shares booted off the New York Stock Exchange because the stock price fell below $1 for too long, exchange managers say.

An electrical engineer and one of the Turkish Space Agency’s first two astronauts, Atasever will participate in three flight experiments.

Suborbital space tourism company Virgin Galactic is eyeing a 2028 entry-into-service for its next new mothership.

Continuing an annual tradition dating back to 1957, Aviation Week Network editors honored a wide variety of industry accomplishments.

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.