Virgin Galactic has officially unveiled its first “Delta-class” space plane, and announced the results of the worldwide vote to choose its name.

Virgin Galactic will unveil its first Delta-class spaceship on Wednesday (Oct. 28), revealing a name chosen by public vote before transporting the spacecraft from Arizona to Spaceport America in New Mexico.

If Blue Origin goes public, it will have to meet the expectations of shareholders. Jeff Bezos may therefore want to establish a stronger business before committing to a listing.

Stoke Space announced a $1 billion round of funding to support development of its fully reusable Nova rockets, including the newly revealed Nova Block 2, which will be capable of delivering 15-ton payloads to low Earth orbit.

A new spaceport will bring 10 launch pads to Louisiana’s Gulf Coast and support thousands of Starship launches per year.

Virgin Galactic has pushed the resumption of its commercial flights back by a few months, to February 2027. The company hasn’t been to space since June 2024.

Easley was a human computer for the agency who helped with building the Centaur upper-stage rocket.

Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire shortly after SpaceX debuted on the Nasdaq.

With the launch of SpaceX into the IPO frontier today, the space industry has its newest publicly traded juggernaut.
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SpaceX says it will launch a private flyby mission to Mars that will be led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, but when it will fly is unclear.
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