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,...
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...
Nov 30, 2015 | Economic Development, Space Industry News
U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich praised passage of the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act to modernize commercial space regulations and encourage competitiveness in the industry. Udall and Heinrich are longtime champions of modernizing U.S....
May 19, 2015 | Announcements, Economic Development, Space Industry News
On May 19, 2015, global satellite communications solutions provider X2nSat announced its decision to partner with Spaceport America – the world’s first purpose-built, commercial spaceport. X2nSat has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the long-term lease of...