Virgin Orbit is just months away from the first launch of its LauncherOne rocket. The company is currently undergoing an extensive test campaign to ensure that the vehicle will function correctly on its maiden flight. A drop test – part of the captive carry test campaign – is slated to begin by July 23.
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne has signed an agreement to launch a SITAEL satellite developed in collaboration…
While Virgin Galactic prepare to restart test operations with its SpaceShipTwo vehicle, the company has…
Virgin Galactic – part of the Virgin corporation headed by Sir Richard Branson – has…
Due to customer demand, Virgin Galactic claims it has nearly doubled the amount of payload…
One pilot has died and another seriously injured during a test flight failure of Virgin…
Space Shuttle veteran Frederick “CJ” Sturckow has joined Virgin Galactic’s commercial flight team. The retired…
More details about Burt Rutan’s SpaceShipTwo – VSS Enterprise – have been revealed to the…
British billionaire tycoon Sir Richard Branson has stated that his space travel company, Virgin Galactic,…
As the end of its launch campaign for the Iridium NEXT constellation nears, Iridium Communications…
Virgin Galatic took another step closer to realizing its long-fought dream of carrying paying customers…
As Orbital ATK’s OA-9E Cygnus mission continues its to-date flawless mission at the ISS, the…
Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity conducted her second powered test flight on Tuesday, taking another step…
The OA-9 (S.S. J.R. Thompson) Cygnus has arrived at the International Space Station early Thursday…
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft began its next supply run to the International Space Station Monday,…
Orbital ATK has completed rollout of its Antares rocket tasked with launching the Cygnus OA-9E…
After 31 days of berthed operations, the CRS-14 Dragon from SpaceX wrapped up her mission…
NASA is getting the hardware ready for an important test next year of the launch…
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo has moved into powered flight testing. The test comes early in the…
SpaceX conducted the fifth launch of its contract with Iridium Communications Friday, deploying ten more…