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News Published on 7/5/2023
Virgin Galactic completes inaugural commercial spaceflight

Aboard the all-composite VSS Unity spaceplane, the Galactic 01 spaceflight carried 13 research payloads and three crew members, with a second flight scheduled for August.

News Published on 11/28/2023
People in composites: November 2023

Gefran, ASK Chemicals Group, Roth Industries, TPI Composites, Virgin Galactic and Verisurf Software announce new personnel and retirements.

News Published on 5/9/2023
Virgin Galactic completes 24th VSS Unity glide flight

The company is to prepare for rocket-powered spaceflight pending data analysis, following the successful glide flight in New Mexico.

News Published on 8/15/2022
Virgin Galactic announces new spaceship manufacturing facility 

Mesa, Arizona, facility will have the capacity to produce up to six spaceships per year, supporting increased flight frequency and bringing skilled aerospace jobs to the area.

 

News Published on 11/4/2022
Virgin Galactic announces primary suppliers for Delta class spaceships

Bell Textron Inc. and Qarbon Aerospace are slated to manufacture major subassemblies — flight control surfaces, complex composite components and more — for the next-gen spaceships.

 

News Published on 4/7/2021
Virgin Galactic SpaceShip III unveiling to deliver commercial space travel

Manufacturing ramp-up and ground testing for VSS Imagine spaceship within the Virgin Galactic fleet, with glide flights commenced for summer 2021.

News Published on 7/8/2022
Virgin Galactic selects Boeing subsidiary, Aurora, to build new motherships

Agreement with Aurora Flight Sciences to deliver two composite mothership vehicles, each designed to fly up to 200 launches per year, expected to enter service in 2025.

 

News Published on 5/21/2020
Virgin Galactic, NASA sign space agreement

The Space Act Agreement (SAA) represents a partnership between Virgin Galactic and NASA for the development of high-speed, and environmentally sustainable, aviation technology.

News Published on 2/24/2023
People in composites: February 2023

New hires, appointments and changes in leadership have been announced by Norplex, Michelman, Teijin, Exel Composites, Virgin Galactic, Swinburne, SGL Carbon, Airbus SE, Mahr, Composites Evolution and Argosy.

 

News Published on 8/21/2020
Virgin Galactic completes milestones for Mach 3 aircraft concept

In addition to unveiling the high-speed aircraft design, Virgin Galactic signed an MOU with Rolls-Royce. This follows the company’s completion of its Mission Concept Review and FAA authorization.

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