May 25, 2021 | Announcements, Economic Development, Space Industry News
On May 22, 2021, Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. completed its third spaceflight and the first ever spaceflight from Spaceport America, New Mexico. With this flight, New Mexico become the third US state to launch humans into space. VSS Unity achieved a speed of Mach 3...
Mar 9, 2011 | Space Industry News
Article courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News By Diana M. Alba LAS CRUCES – Squeezing in a stop here while en route to London, Virgin Galactic’s president and CEO told spaceport officials Tuesday that the company remains committed to basing its suborbital...
Jan 6, 2011 | Space Industry News
Article courtesy of Las Cruces Sun-News By Diana M. Alba LAS CRUCES – Spaceport America Director Rick Homans announced his resignation Wednesday, saying he’d been ordered to do so by the Gov. Susana Martinez administration. Some Spaceport America board...
Nov 3, 2010 | Local Economy, MVEDA Reports
MVEDA just completed another successful Business on the Border Luncheon and we are thankful to everyone who had the opportunity to attend. Our guest speaker on Tuesday was Fred Mondragon, the Cabinet Secretary of Economic Development, who shared some economic data on...
Oct 22, 2010 | Space Industry News
Article courtesy of Las Cruces Sun-News By Diane Alba, Staff and Wire reports UPHAM – Virgin Galactic’s Sir Richard Branson, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and prospective astronauts gathered in the southern New Mexico desert Friday to celebrate the...
