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,…
Roughly 37 hours after launching from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) in Virginia, Northrop Grumman’s…
It might be the final CRS1 (Commercial Resupply Services 1) contract flight for both the…
The “Roc” – Stratolaunch Systems Corporation’s air-launch carrier plane – has conducted its first test flight…
Rocket Lab is aiming for a rapid launch cadence in 2019, and begun that campaign…
Arianespace’s new rocket, the Ariane 6, will make her maiden flight with OneWeb satellites onboard,…
For the first time in 2019, humans launched to space aboard Roscosmos’ veteran Soyuz-FG rocket…
Arianespace’s Soyuz ST-B rocket has launched the first satellites that will act as pathfinders to…
As the S.S. John Young (NG-10) Cygnus mission came to an end today, Northrop Grumman…
Dragon 2 remains on track for her maiden flight to the International Space Station (ISS)…
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket conducted its tenth test flight on Wednesday – marking another…
Rocket Lab has launched its second mission in just over a month on Sunday. The…