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  • Supersonic Travel And The Spaceship Company

    Supersonic Travel And The Spaceship Company

    Yesterday in Denver, The Spaceship Company’s chairman Doug Shane spoke at Boom’s unveil of its XB-1 Supersonic Demonstrator, a subscale prototype of the Boom supersonic passenger airliner. The Spaceship Company is a proud partner of Boom Supersonic and will provide engineering and manufacturing services, along with flight test support and operations. Doug introduced a congratulatory…

  • Virgin Galactic Elevating Unity

    Virgin Galactic Elevating Unity

    On September 8, 2016, our new SpaceShipTwo–VSS Unity–took to the skies for the first time. This is first ever flight of a vehicle built by our manufacturing organization, The Spaceship Company. In this video, Mike Moses–our Senior Vice President of Operations, and a NASA veteran who oversaw dozens of successful flights to space–helps explain this…

  • Unveiling Virgin Galactic’s new spaceship, VSS Unity

    Unveiling Virgin Galactic’s new spaceship, VSS Unity

    Celebrating Unity – Our Journey We are proud to introduce not only our brand new vehicle ‘Virgin Spaceship Unity‘, but also some of our incredible team who are making our dream of opening up space to change the world for good, a reality. Professor Stephen Hawking Welcomes VSS Unity We were honoured to have Professor…

  • Virgin Galactic – LauncherOne’s New Mothership

    Virgin Galactic – LauncherOne’s New Mothership

    Virgin Galactic introduces the newest addition to its fleet of vehicles as part of a technical update on its LauncherOne small satellite launch service. The 747-400 commercial jet aircraft, previously operated by Virgin Atlantic under the nickname ‘Cosmic Girl,’ will provide a dedicated launch platform for the LauncherOne orbital vehicle.

  • Virgin Galactic – Meet LauncherOne

    Virgin Galactic – Meet LauncherOne

    Virgin Galactic’s small satellite launch vehicle has got a new look! The small satellite revolution is here, and LauncherOne is your ride to space!

  • Virgin Galactic – Introducing the Feather System

    Virgin Galactic – Introducing the Feather System

    An introduction to Virgin Galactic’s reentry system, the feather, SpaceShipTwo’s most innovative safety feature.

  • Virgin Galactic – Introducing our Pilot Corps

    Virgin Galactic – Introducing our Pilot Corps

    An introduction to our Pilot Corps, narrated by Virgin Galactic’s Chief Pilot, Dave Mackay, including behind the scenes shots of our Spaceship factory.

  • Virgin Galactic – Introducing our Second Spaceship

    Virgin Galactic – Introducing our Second Spaceship

    An introduction to our second Spaceship, featuring interviews with key team members and behind the scenes shots of our Spaceship factory.  

  • Virgin Galactic – Innovation and Destiny

    Virgin Galactic – Innovation and Destiny

    1- The story of Virgin Galactic from one man’s dream in 1988 to the present day. 2- Members of the Virgin Galactic team explain why the continued exploration of space is so important to the future of mankind.    

  • Virgin Galactic’in Uzay Aracı Düştü

    Virgin Galactic’in Uzay Aracı Düştü

    Havayolu seyahatine yeni ve çok farklı bir soluk getirmek için yola çıkmış olan Virgin Galactic, bugün son derece talihsiz bir kazayla karşı karşıya kaldı. Kaliforniya’daki Mojave Çölü üzerinde bir deneme uçuşu yapmakta olan uzay aracı (SpaceShipTwo), henüz bilinmeyen bir sebepten ötürü düştü. Araçta bulunan iki pilottan bir tanesi hayatını kaybederken, diğeri yaralı şekilde kurtuldu. Ocak…

  • Virgin Galactic – Behind the Hangar Doors

    Virgin Galactic – Behind the Hangar Doors

    On October 4th 2014 Virgin Galactic celebrated the anniversary of the Ansari X-Prize victory by inviting special guests for a ‘Behind the Hangar Doors’ tour.  

  • Virgin Galactic Hybrid Rocket Motor Test

    Virgin Galactic Hybrid Rocket Motor Test

    Footage from Virgin Galactic’s recent Hybrid Rocket Motor Test May 8, 2014