Jun 11, 2020 | Announcements, Borderplex Expansions, Economic Development, Space Industry News
SPACEPORT AMERICA, N.M. – HAPSMobile Inc. is a subsidiary of telecommunications operator SoftBank Corp. in Japan, is choosing Spaceport America in Southern New Mexico as a location for the testing and the developing of communications platform meant to make internet...
May 4, 2020 | Announcements, Economic Development, Space Industry News
In February of this year Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo was relocated to its New Mexico commercial headquarters at Spaceport America. Now, VSS Unity completed its first test flight on Friday, May 01. The test flight is a milestone in nearing commercial service. Also,...
Mar 18, 2020 | Announcements, Borderplex Expansions, Space Industry News
Virgin Galactic has relocated another spaceship to their commercial headquarters at Spaceport America in New Mexico. Close to 100 teammates from Mojave, California have moved to New Mexico and Spaceport America today is operationally ready with VSS Unity and VMS Eve,...
Oct 14, 2019 | MVEDA Events, Partner News, Space Industry News
This past week MVEDA was proud to host the NASA iTech 2019 Cycle II competition held for the first time in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Our ability to bring this event extends several years back to a relationship MVEDA created with NASA iTech’s director, Kira Blackwell,...
Mar 20, 2018 | Announcements, MVEDA Events
Jonathan Firth, Executive Vice President at Virgin Galactic, the anchor tenant at Spaceport America, will be the guest speaker at the April MVEDA Business in the Borderplex Forum. Mr. Firth, who has been with Virgin Galactic since it started up in 2004, oversees the...
