virgin galactic
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Virgin Galactic Rocket Motor
The creation of a hybrid rocket motor system for SpaceShipTwo represented a significant engineering challenge. Virgin Galactic particularly proud that they designed and now test and manufacture this world class motor in house. Come meet the team behind the burn…the Rocket Guys.
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VSS Unity Glide Flight 03
Richard Branson stops by Mojave, CA with his friend Professor Brian Cox to witness VSS Unity Glide Flight 03 test flight, and share his thoughts about progress and innovation in our mission to open space access. February 2017
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Supersonic Travel And The Spaceship Company
Yesterday in Denver, The Spaceship Company’s chairman Doug Shane spoke at Boom’s unveil of its XB-1 Supersonic Demonstrator, a subscale prototype of the Boom supersonic passenger airliner. The Spaceship Company is a proud partner of Boom Supersonic and will provide engineering and manufacturing services, along with flight test support and operations. Doug introduced a congratulatory…
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Virgin Galactic Elevating Unity
On September 8, 2016, our new SpaceShipTwo–VSS Unity–took to the skies for the first time. This is first ever flight of a vehicle built by our manufacturing organization, The Spaceship Company. In this video, Mike Moses–our Senior Vice President of Operations, and a NASA veteran who oversaw dozens of successful flights to space–helps explain this…
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Unveiling Virgin Galactic’s new spaceship, VSS Unity
Celebrating Unity – Our Journey We are proud to introduce not only our brand new vehicle ‘Virgin Spaceship Unity‘, but also some of our incredible team who are making our dream of opening up space to change the world for good, a reality. Professor Stephen Hawking Welcomes VSS Unity We were honoured to have Professor…
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Virgin Galactic – LauncherOne’s New Mothership
Virgin Galactic introduces the newest addition to its fleet of vehicles as part of a technical update on its LauncherOne small satellite launch service. The 747-400 commercial jet aircraft, previously operated by Virgin Atlantic under the nickname ‘Cosmic Girl,’ will provide a dedicated launch platform for the LauncherOne orbital vehicle.
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Virgin Galactic – Meet LauncherOne
Virgin Galactic’s small satellite launch vehicle has got a new look! The small satellite revolution is here, and LauncherOne is your ride to space!
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Virgin Galactic – Introducing the Feather System
An introduction to Virgin Galactic’s reentry system, the feather, SpaceShipTwo’s most innovative safety feature.
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Virgin Galactic – Introducing our Pilot Corps
An introduction to our Pilot Corps, narrated by Virgin Galactic’s Chief Pilot, Dave Mackay, including behind the scenes shots of our Spaceship factory.