Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic has a launch date for its first paying space tourists

Posted in Business, Science on 27th Jun, 2023
by Alex Muller

The company's climb to space tourism has been a nearly 20-year-long journey.

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

Posted in Business, Science on 9th Jul, 2019
by Alex Muller

$800 million investment should keep the lights on until the company turns a profit.

Virgin Galactic on the way back to space with test flight

Posted in Featured, Hardware on 13th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller

With this flight in the books, the team will now analyze flight data, learning what worked well and what could be improved for subsequent flight tests.

The orbital internet: Could fleets of CubeSats bring global web access?

Posted in Online on 17th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

Accessing the web may be simple in urban areas of the globe, but for the other four billion people on the planet it's much more difficult.

Virgin Galactic intends to use 747 jet for satellite launches

Posted in Science on 4th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

Richard Branson is reassigning one of his old Virgin Atlantic 747-400 jumbos to the service of space launches.