• Commercial Service Remains on Track for Q4 2022
• Current Fleet Enhancement Program On Schedule to be Completed in Q3 2022
• Opened Ticket Sales to the General Public

TUSTIN, Calif. (Virgin Galactic PR)– Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“Virgin Galactic” or the “Company”) today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021 and provided a business update.

“We remain on track and on schedule to complete our enhancement program and launch commercial service later this year,” said Michael Colglazier, Chief Executive Officer of Virgin Galactic. “We achieved many important milestones in 2021 that laid an essential foundation towards becoming a scaled, commercial operation. In recent weeks, we opened sales to the general public and launched our new global consumer brand. Demand for our one-of-a-kind experience remains strong, and we are currently building our operations to accommodate our growing customer base.”

The Abstract Deadline is on Friday, Jan. 10^th at 6 pm MST, for the 7^th Next-generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC).

Abstracts can be submitted for contributed talks or posters. Topics include planetary science, atmospheric science, microgravity sciences (fundamental biology and physics), commercial applications, education, public outreach, life sciences, suborbital and commercial markets and policy, plans for human-tended experiments, and REM flight crew training, among others. The full list of session topics can be found here:  https://www.boulder.swri.edu/NSRC2020/Site5/Abstracts.html

A note via the Commercial Spaceflight Federation from NASA’s Flight Opportunities program on a new research on human health and safety in space. This is the first time that NASA has included the use of suborbital reusable launch vehicles.

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LAS CRUCES, NM (NMSA PR) — The New Mexico Spaceport Authority is excited to host a NASA Flight Opportunities Program launch conducted by UP Aerospace, Inc., at the Spaceport America Vertical Launch Complex on Friday, June 21. This will be the first sub-orbital NASA Flight Opportunities Program launch, and the 19th overall launch from Spaceport America.

The sub-orbital sounding rocket launch is part of the NASA Flight Opportunities Program, which is designed to provide suborbital payload launch opportunities for NASA and other government agencies, as well as for educational institutions and the private sector.

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WASHINGTON (NASA PR) — For a second year, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate is seeking proposals for suborbital technology payloads and spacecraft capability enhancements that could help revolutionize future space missions.

Selected technologies will travel to the edge of space and back on U.S. commercial suborbital vehicles and platforms, providing opportunities for testing before they are sent to work in the unforgiving environment of space.

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Opportunities for Suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicles and Payload Integration Services for Maturing Crosscutting Technologies that Advance Multiple Future Space Mission to Flight Readiness Status

General Information

Contracting Office Address

NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center, Code A, P.O. Box 273, Edwards, CA 93523-0273

Description

NASA/DFRC is hereby soliciting information and feedback from both current and potential flight service providers, as well as the technology payload providers and potential sources for Suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicles And Payload Integration Services For Maturing Crosscutting Technologies That Advance Multiple Future Space Missions To Flight Readiness Status.

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Washington D.C. (CSF PR) – The Commercial Spaceflight Federation welcomes Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul from the University of Florida to the Suborbital Applications Researchers Group (SARG). Dr. Paul has an extensive background in molecular genetics with a specific interest in the applications of space-based research to study adaptive responses in an environment that is outside of the subject’s terrestrial norm. She is currently a Research Associate Professor in the University of Florida’s Genetics Institute.

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The Tauri Group has published a new report, Suborbital Reusable Vehicles: A 10-Year Forecast of Market Demand. The study was jointly funded by the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation and Space Florida.

The Tauri Group analyzed 8 different markets, including:

• Commercial Human Spaceflight
• Basic and Applied Research
• Aerospace Technology Test and Demonstration
• Media and Public Relations
• Education
• Satellite Deployment
• Remote Sensing
• Point-to-Point Transportation

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Lynx mockup. (Credit: Douglas Messier)

Mojave, California (July 24, 2012): XCOR Aerospace announced today that the Lynx suborbital vehicle’s Payload User’s Guide (PUG) is now available online from XCOR’s website (www.xcor.com/contact/pug).

XCOR Program Manager Khaki Rodway noted that “publication of the guide is a significant evolutionary step for XCOR, our payload integration partners, and scientists and educators who are ready to use our suborbital reusable launch vehicle such as the participants in NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program and our other commercial research customers.” The end user who downloads the Payload User’s Guide online will also be registered to receive automatic updates.

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San Mateo, CA (Citizens in Space PR) — Citizens in Space, a project of the United States Rocket Academy, will announce a space prize challenge for citizen scientists at Maker Faire, the nation’s largest festival of do-it-yourself science and engineering, on May 19. The announcement takes place on the Education Stage at the San Mateo Event Center at 1:00 pm.

Citizens in Space plans to fly citizen-science experiments on fully reusable suborbital spacecraft that are now being developed by US companies.

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