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With Virgin Galactic's launch of the VSS Unity, with three people aboard, on May 22, 2021, New Mexico became the third US state to launch humans into space after California and Florida. [ 2 ] Spaceport America is "the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport", designed and constructed specifically for commercial users, that had not ...
Jun. 15—Virgin Galactic decided to make a change in plans. The space tourism company's stock is dipping, and it has hundreds of customers who have waited over half a decade to go to space.
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 ...
The New Mexico government has invested approximately $200m (£121m) in the Spaceport America facility, for which Virgin Galactic is the anchor tenant; other commercial space companies also use the site.
May 23—A human spaceflight successfully launched and landed Saturday in New Mexico. The mothership that hauls Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity ascended to about 44,000 feet before releasing ...
After the VSS Enterprise crash on October 31, 2014, Virgin Galactic indefinitely postponed its planned operational startup date in New Mexico. In November 2014, Anderson requested that the legislature consider creating an supplemental emergency fund to enable the spaceport to maintain its operations, and told lawmakers that the Authority will ...
Virgin Galactic laying off workers, pausing flights as it prepares for new Delta spacehips' launch in 2026 at New Mexico's Spaceport America Virgin Galactic aims to launch new, $50M spaceships at ...
Upham (/ ˈ j uː ˌ f ə m / YOO-fum [2]) is an inhabited, unincorporated community and place in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States. It has gained recognition for being near the site for the Spaceport America facility being developed by the New Mexico Spaceport Authority. [3] This will be Virgin Galactic's world headquarters and mission ...