Boeing was helping Virgin Galactic design a new mothership to succeed its current VMS EVE mothership. VMS Eve carries the company’s VSS Unity space plane to an altitude of 44,500 feet (13,500 ...

Virgin Galactic had to first mourn ... prior to giving the green light for VMS Eve – piloted by Todd Ericson and Kelly Latimer – and VSS Unity to take to the skies. The two vehicles had ...

Virgin Galactic has named one of the first commercial ... three private astronauts to space after being released from the VSS ...

VMS Eve, is unusual in that it can carry heavy payloads to altitudes as high as 15,000 meters. “We believe the same high-altitude heavy-lift capability that supports Virgin Galactic’s ...

A short while later, as the blazing sun rose over Virgin Galactic's spaceport ... themselves into the VSS Unity. The rocket-powered spaceplane was attached to the VMS Eve, a dual fuselage carrier ...

VSS Unity’s engine being installed in November 2020. After experimenting with different fuels and engine revisions, Virgin Galactic eventually returned to using HTPB as a fuel. The new engine ...

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The crew of Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity flight. VIRGIN GALACTIC via CBS News. Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of Virgin Galactic, will fly into space aboard his company’s VSS Unity ...

Land Rover has helped Virgin Galactic unveil its new SpaceShipTwo ... towing out the new SpaceShipTwo that was officially christened VSS Unity at a special event. The reveal and naming ceremony ...