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Virgin Orbit's strategy has been that launching small rockets from a 747 in flight would allow for short-notice launches from anywhere

Updated On: 04 Apr 2023 | 6:01 PM IST

Virgin Atlantic cancelled its Delhi-London flight on Thursday and other carriers could also pull out India-London flights from their summer schedule

Updated On: 15 Jul 2022 | 4:15 PM IST

Virgin Orbit's fully mobile LauncherOne system conducted its first ever evening flight from a bare concrete pad and a runway at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California

Updated On: 03 Jul 2022 | 2:55 PM IST

Virgin Atlantic has launched its second daily service from Delhi to London Heathrow that will also offer customers seamless connectivity to a few destinations in the US, such as New York, Boston, etc

Updated On: 02 Jun 2022 | 6:17 PM IST

US-based Virgin Hyperloop, which had expansion plans for the Indian market, has reportedly laid off nearly half of its staff.

Updated On: 23 Feb 2022 | 11:33 AM IST

Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing why SpaceShipTwo flew outside area in which it was cleared by agency during the trip to space that carried company founder Richard Branson and others

Updated On: 04 Sep 2021 | 12:46 AM IST

The billionaire offloaded almost 10.5 million shares -- about 4% of the space-travel company -- through a company he controls, leaving him with an 18% stake, according to a regulatory filing

Updated On: 13 Aug 2021 | 10:14 PM IST

The price more than doubled from the roughly $200,000 price point the company had years ago

Updated On: 06 Aug 2021 | 7:38 PM IST

Sunday's launch of the VSS Unity passenger rocket plane marked the company's 22nd test flight of its SpaceShipTwo system, and its fourth crewed mission beyond Earth's atmosphere.

Updated On: 12 Jul 2021 | 1:14 AM IST

A dozen nations have signed on Artemis Accords, a NASA initiative that focuses on peaceful use of astronomical objects

Updated On: 08 Jun 2021 | 6:10 AM IST

Venus Aerospace Corp., a startup pursuing a hypersonic space plane, is aiming to ferry people from Los Angeles to Tokyo in about an hour

Updated On: 28 May 2021 | 10:43 PM IST

The two-stage rocket carried a cluster of very small satellites known as CubeSats developed and built as part of a NASA educational program involving U.S. universities

Updated On: 18 Jan 2021 | 7:05 AM IST

Two passengers, both company staff, travelled 500 metres in 15 seconds, reaching 107 mph (172 km per hour), marking the completion of the first-ever trial, the company said

Updated On: 09 Nov 2020 | 10:11 PM IST

From Morgan Stanley seeing a 3% contraction in global GDP to air passenger traffic projected to stay below 25%, here are the top headlines of the day

Updated On: 12 May 2020 | 5:20 PM IST

While more than half of UK companies are expected to apply for government grants to pay furloughed employees, critics say they expect too much of the cash to go where it's not needed.

Updated On: 18 Apr 2020 | 7:41 PM IST

While waiting for their trip, ticket holders have been busied with treats on earth: from a custom-created solar eclipse festival in Idaho and test-flight viewings in California's Mojave Desert

Updated On: 12 Apr 2019 | 11:37 AM IST

The Virgin Group, run by Richard Branson, announced on Thursday that it was investing in Hyperloop One

Updated On: 14 Oct 2017 | 1:11 AM IST