Jul 2, 2021 | Announcements, Economic Development, Space Industry News
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., a vertically integrated aerospace and space travel company, announced that the flight window for the next rocket-powered test flight of its SpaceShipTwo Unity opens July 11, pending weather and technical checks. The “Unity 22” mission...
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...
Jul 10, 2020 | Announcements, Space Industry News
On July 9, 1945 White Sands Missile Range was established. White Sands Missile Range is the largest open-air land test range in the country supporting missile development and test programs. Prior to 1958 it was referred to as White Sands Proving Ground. WAC Corporal...
Jun 29, 2020 | Announcements, Economic Development, Space Industry News
On June 25th the second SpaceShipTwo success flight from Spaceport America was announced by Virgin Galactic. The announcement follows the first completed test flight from the New Mexico commercial headquarters on May 1st, 2020 marking another advancement towards...
Jun 29, 2020 | Announcements, Economic Development, Space Industry News
The Japanese subsidiary HAPSMobile, Inc of SoftBank Corp. along with its partner AeroVironment, Inc. announced their new operations center at New Mexico’s Spaceport America on June 11. The focus of the companies is on the developing of an unmanned solar-powered...
Jun 23, 2020 | Announcements, Economic Development, Space Industry News
The vertically integrated aerospace company, Virgin Galactic, announced the Space Act Agreement signing with NASA’s Johnson Space Center in efforts to promote commercial participation in human spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) and to advance Low...
