Virgin Galactic is grounded after the company said a small part unintentionally detached from the mothership of its rocket-powered space plane on its latest space tourism flight. The loss of the part, ...

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Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity suborbital spaceplane attached to its VMS Eve aircraft. Credit: Virgin Galactic WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic said Feb. 5 it is investigating why a pin fell from the ...

The aerospace and space travel company Virgin Galactic announced on Monday that a small alignment pin detached from its Galactic 06 spaceflight. The alignment pin detached from the launch pylon of the ...

Virgin Galactic reported an anomaly on its most recent flight, Galactic 06, which took place 12 days ago from a spaceport in New Mexico. In a statement released Monday, the company said it discovered ...

During its most recent flight, Virgin Galactic’s carrier aircraft dropped an alignment pin which helps in the mating process between the mothership and the spaceplane. The company is investigating the ...

The company performed a post-flight review on its ‘Galactic 06’ mission and realized that an alignment pin detached from the launch pylon of its mothership, VMS Eve. The pin keeps the spaceship ...

Virgin Galactic is working with regulators to investigate an issue with an alignment pin that was discovered after the last crewed suborbital flight in January. During post-flight reviews, Virgin said ...

Virgin Galactic SPCE-4.83%decrease; red down pointing triangle Holdings said Monday it notified the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Jan. 31 that an alignment pin detached during its most ...