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Share: Welcomes Astronauts and Payloads Home After Third Spaceflight Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SPCE) ("The Company or Virgin Galactic") today completed its third spaceflight and the first ever spaceflight from Spaceport America, New Mexico. Today's flight sees New Mexico become the third US state to launch humans into space. VSS Unity achieved a speed of Mach 3 after being released from the mothership, VMS Eve, and reached space, at an altitude of 55.45 miles before gliding smoothly to a runway landing at Spaceport America. On VSS Unity's flight deck were CJ Sturckow and Dave Macka...

Virgin Galactic prepared for another human spaceflight attempt from New Mexico May 22, 2021 Virgin Galactic will attempt to perform the first human spaceflight from Spaceport America again, just south of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, today, using the VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo spacecraft. VSS Unity is mated with its WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft VMS Eve. Together, Eve will climb up to an altitude of 50,000 feet before releasing VSS Unity for a rocket-powered flight to space. Flight restrictions in the airspace above Spaceport America indicate a launch window that opens at 8:00 AM MDT (14:0...

Virgin Galactic test flight successful CNN 35 mins ago © Virgin Galactic VSS Unity in space over New Mexico. Virgin Galactic's rocket-powered plane, carrying two pilots, soared into the upper atmosphere on its third mission to reach space Saturday morning. The success cues up Virgin Galactic to begin launching paying customers within the next year as the company works to finish its testing campaign at its new headquarters in New Mexico. Spaceplane VSS Unity reached an altitude of 55.45 miles, according to the company. The US government recognizes the 50-mile mark as the edge of space. ...

Virgin Galactic announced that its VSS Unity shuttle achieved a speed equal to three times the speed of sound and an altitude of just over 55 miles.

Share: Shares of space travel company Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (NYSE: SPCE) are trading higher on Thursday on news out from the company for its planned timeline of taking passengers to space. What Happened: The next rocket-powered test flight of SpaceShip Two Unity will be conducted on May 22. The flight from Virgin Galactic will depend on the weather and technical checks. The test flight announcement comes following the completion of the maintenance review of VMS Eve, the mothership jet aircraft that will carry the SpaceShip Two Unity to an altitude of 50,000 feet. The VSS Unity flight...