COTS and other “New Space” stuff

On its final voyage, the Virgin Galactic suborbital rocket SpaceShipTwo ‘Unity’ was launched on the Galactic 07 human rocket flight Read more

New space and even established space companies sometimes have to endure difficult periods when sufficient revenues are simply not there, Read more

Virgin Galactic has completed its sixth sub-orbital, space tourism, flight of the year on 2 November. This mission started at Read more

The Galactic 04 flight of the suborbital spaceplane SpaceShipTwo Unity took place on 6 October 2023. The flight was dubbed Read more

Virgin Galactic has made another commercial suborbital launch. Carrier aircraft VMS Eve took off from Spaceport America in New Mexico, Read more

The Virgin Galactic suborbital launch operation is gathering steam as it launches its second passenger flight. The suborbital SpaceShipTwo VSS Read more

While its one-time stablemate Virgin Orbit may have gone bust, Virgin Galactic is determined not to go the same way Read more

The Sir Richard Branson initiated Virgin Orbit project, having been in bankruptcy protection, is now formally at an end with Read more

The air-dropped suborbital launch of SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity carrying two crew plus four company trial passengers, including Virgin Galactic’s founder Sir Richard Read more