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Since February 2019, Virgin Galactic has been outfitting the SpaceShipTwo cabin interior and performing other vehicle modifications.
Virgin Galactic announced the successful outcome of the 2020-06-25 test shortly after U.S. stock markets closed.
Virgin Galactic did not provide social media updates during the 2020-06-25 flight and issued a press release announcing the upcoming flight and another announcing the outcome several hours after the flight.
Virgin Galactic accepted $1,000 deposits earlier in the year from people seeking the first opportunity to buy tickets when ticket sales resume.
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo had not made a powered test flight since 2019-02-01 and conducted a glide test flight on 2020-05-01 from Spaceport America in New Mexico.
Virgin Galactic signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA on 2020-05-05 to support research on high-speed point-to-point vehicles.
Virgin Galactic signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Johnson Space Center to develop a private orbital astronaut readiness program.
Virgin Galactic has several other Space Act Agreements to support research and development work, including one announced 2020-05-05 to assist its work on future high-speed transportation systems.
Virgin Galactic signed an agreement with NASA on 2020-06-22 to support development of a program to train and potentially procure rides for private individuals seeking to fly to the International Space Station.
Virgin Galactic acquired a Boeing 747 from Virgin Atlantic in 2015 to serve as the LauncherOne carrier aircraft and the name "Cosmic Girl" dates back to the aircraft’s use by the airline.
Virgin Galactic spun out the LauncherOne project into a separate company, Virgin Orbit, in March 2017 based in Long Beach, California.
LauncherOne started as a Virgin Galactic project unveiled by Richard Branson at the Farnborough International Airshow in July 2012.
Virgin Galactic's shares reached more than $40 per share in February, fell to nearly $10 per share by mid-March, and later rose back to nearly $20 per share.
In its 2020-05-05 earnings announcement, Virgin Galactic cautioned that it did not expect to generate significant revenue 2020 as it completes the flight test program for its SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane.
The revised S-1 filing to sell some of Virgin Group’s shares caused Virgin Galactic’s stock to drop significantly in early trading on the New York Stock Exchange on 2020-05-11 and the stock closed down nearly 4% that day.
The planned sale of up to 25 million Virgin Galactic shares by Vieco 10 would generate $485,000,000 at a price of $19.40 per share at the close of trading on 2020-05-11.
Virgin Galactic’s stated goal is to fly Richard Branson to space on SpaceShipTwo as soon as possible, but the company did not commit to flying him 2020.
Virgin Galactic filed an S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 2020-05-01 to register the resale of shares of a handful of its shareholders as part of its merger with Social Capital Hedosophia.
Vieco 10, the Virgin Group holding company that owns the majority of Virgin Galactic, planned to sell up to 25 million shares, representing about 22% of its overall stake in Virgin Galactic.
More than 400 people had signed up for Virgin Galactic’s "One Small Step" initiative by 2020-05-05, which requires a $1,000 deposit to be first in line when ticket sales resume.