Virgin Galactic was founded in 2004. Initially, it owned 70% of The Spaceship Company (TSC), a subsidiary that owned the technology created by Scaled Composites (now a part of Northrop Grumman ( NOC ...

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(Virgin Group founder Richard Branson was one of the passengers on that debut jaunt). Virgin Galactic has flown seven commercial flights to date, the most recent one occurring in June 2024. The ...

This was Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity's last flight. Six passengers and crew flew to an altitude of 54.4 miles (87.5 km). Galactic O7 Space Tourists: Anand "Andy" Harish Sadhwani of California Irving ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Building on its tremendous space legacy, Purdue University is pursuing a groundbreaking opportunity — research and learning aboard a Virgin Galactic suborbital spaceflight with ...

Rocket Lab Corp., a rapidly growing company that launches diverse payloads into space, will be sending up two rockets for the Japanese space agency, the latest in a trio of recent contract wins for ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A Purdue aerospace engineering professor and student are about to take the classroom to new heights. On Tuesday, Virgin Galactic and Purdue University announced an upcoming ...

An all-Purdue University crew is set to make history on a suborbital research flight with Virgin Galactic. Scheduled for launch in 2027, the mission, dubbed "Purdue 1," will see a professor, a student ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — It's official: Boilermakers are heading into space in 2027. "We're going to have a suborbital space flight crewed entirely by Boilermakers," President Mung Chiang said in a press ...

Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. SPCE advanced 5.21% to $4.04 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP ...

Purdue to partner with Virgin Galactic to 'take Purdue to space' Purdue University announced Tuesday, Sept. 23, that it will send a team of five into space by partnering with Virgin Galactic. The ...

The SpaceNews Icon Awards celebrate the year’s most iconic achievements in shaping the future of the space industry. Today, we’re proud to announce the shortlist for 2025 — a selection of individuals, ...