WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A Purdue aerospace engineering professor and student are about to take the classroom to new heights. On Tuesday, Virgin Galactic and Purdue University announced an upcoming ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Building on its tremendous space legacy, Purdue University is pursuing a groundbreaking opportunity — research and learning aboard a Virgin Galactic suborbital spaceflight with ...

As Virgin Galactic continues assembly of the first of its new Delta-class spaceplanes, the company has revealed an early research mission will be flown with an all-Purdue University payload crew. The ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — It's official: Boilermakers are heading into space in 2027. "We're going to have a suborbital space flight crewed entirely by Boilermakers," President Mung Chiang said in a press ...

BOULDER, CO – The International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS) has announced a pioneering scientific mission on Virgin Galactic’s new Delta vehicle, featuring a multi-researcher crew. The ...

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The company is also looking at using its mothership aircraft that releases spacecraft at high altitude as a carrier platform for other customers. Virgin Galactic is deep into development of its new ...

More than a year has gone by since Virgin Galactic last sent a group of civilian passengers to the edge of space from the New Mexico desert. In June 2024, six space tourists boarded the company's VSS ...

LV-X, the designation Virgin Galactic has for a new mothership aircraft, could be used for applications beyond ferrying the company's spaceplane. Credit: Virgin Galactic WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic ...

LE BOURGET—Virgin Galactic is on track to start final assembly of the first Delta Class spaceplane at its new Phoenix, Arizona, facility within the next two months and remains on schedule to begin ...

President Trump’s mass deportation plans appear to have accelerated in May, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement flying more removal flights than in any other month since he took office, according ...