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  2. Virgin Galactic - Wikipedia

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    Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. is a British-American spaceflight company ... Virgin Galactic ceased flights of its VSS Unity spaceplane in mid-2024 to focus on ...

  3. SpaceShipTwo - Wikipedia

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    The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo (SS2) was an air-launched suborbital spaceplane type designed for space tourism.It was manufactured by The Spaceship Company, a California-based company owned by Virgin Galactic.

  4. Will Virgin Galactic Abandon the Space Tourism Business? - AOL

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    In June 2024, space tourism pioneer Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) launched its Unity spaceplane with a planeload of space tourists for the last time.In the months since, the company has continued ...

  5. VSS Unity - Wikipedia

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    VSS Unity (Virgin Space Ship Unity, registration: N202VG), previously referred to as VSS Voyager, is a retired SpaceShipTwo-class suborbital rocket-powered crewed spaceplane. It was the second SpaceShipTwo to be built and was part of the Virgin Galactic fleet.

  6. Virgin Galactic completes 11th spaceflight - AOL

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    Jan. 26—Virgin Galactic on Friday completed its first spaceflight of 2024 and its 11th overall mission to space from Spaceport America in southern New Mexico. The "Galactic 06" flight took off ...

  7. List of Virgin Galactic launches - Wikipedia

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    Although not a Virgin Galactic launcher, SpaceShipOne was the direct predecessor of the Virgin Galactic vehicles, and served to demonstrate the feasibility of the concept. SpaceShipOne was an experimental air-launched rocket-powered aircraft with sub-orbital spaceflight capability at speeds of up to 3,000 ft/s (900 m/s), using a hybrid rocket ...

  8. Billionaire Branson set to fly to space aboard Virgin ... - AOL

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    Branson's Virgin Galactic Holding Inc is due on Sunday to send the company's passenger rocket plane, the VSS Unity, on its first fully crewed test flight to the edge of space, with the British ...

  9. VSS Imagine - Wikipedia

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    VSS Imagine (Virgin Space Ship Imagine) is an unflown SpaceShip III-class suborbital rocket-powered crewed spaceplane. It was the first SpaceShip III to be ordered and built, and was intended to be used as part of the Virgin Galactic fleet. The spacecraft was rolled out 30 March 2021 and was planned to undergo ground and glide testing during ...