Virgin Galactic Nears Operational Return With Upgraded Spaceplane Fleet Written 15 May 2026
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SpaceShipTwo “Unity” at rollout event on 19 February 2016 in Mojave, California. | Credit: Ronrosano; Wikipedia; CC BY-SA 3.0
Space News reports, “Virgin Galactic said May 14 it remains on track, technically and financially, to start commercial flights of its next-generation suborbital spaceplane before the end of the year. In a first-quarter earnings call, company executives said work on its first SpaceShip vehicle is on schedule, with the completed airframe recently moving from its assembly hangar to a testing hangar at its production facility near Phoenix.”
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