Michael Colglazier

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given Virgin Galactic the green light to begin transporting commercial passengers to space aboard its VSS spacecraft. This is an expansion of the…

FAA clears Virgin Galactic for commercial astronaut spaceflight

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Virgin Galactic debuts its first third-generation spaceship, ‘VSS Imagine’

Commercial human spaceflight company Virgin Galactic has unveiled the first-ever Spaceship III, the third major iteration of its spacecraft design. The first in this new series is called “VSS (Virgin SpaceShip) Imagine,” and will start ground testing now with the aim of beginning its first glide flights starting this summer. VSS Imagine has a snazzy…

4:30 am PDT • March 30, 2021
Virgin Galactic debuts its first third-generation spaceship, ‘VSS Imagine’

The man who arguably ushered in the current SPAC rush with the merger of Virgin Galactic with his Social Capital Hedosophia holding company has divested the remainder of his personal…

Virgin Galactic Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya sells off remaining personal stake in the space company

Virgin Galactic is shuffling its uppermost leadership ahead of the private space tourism company’s commercial service launch: It just announced Michael Colglazier, who had been president and managing director of…

Virgin Galactic brings on Disney Parks leader Michael Colglazier as new CEO