Virgin Galactic Flight Test Program Update: SpaceShipTwo Preparing for Second Test Flight from New Mexico
June 25 2020 - 06:30AM
Business Wire
Test flight Window Opens Today, June 25,
2020
Flight Results to be Released with Media Broll
Package Post-Market Close
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“Virgin Galactic”
or “the Company”), a vertically integrated aerospace company, is
preparing for the second glide flight of SpaceShip Two, set to
launch from Spaceport America in New Mexico.
The window for this test flight opens today, Thursday, 25 June
2020. Currently, weather appears favourable through the end of the
week.
Virgin Galactic will provide an update on the results of this
glide flight with an additional press release and media broll
package post-market close on the day of flight. The company will
not provide social media updates during the flight.
Virgin Galactic’s first test flight from New Mexico on 1 May
2020 was a great milestone for the team, as this marked the first
free flight for VSS Unity from New Mexico. This flight tested all
components required to fly the carrier aircraft and spaceship in
glide configuration, and included pilot proficiency training and
testing of ground operations.
This glide flight test will be a high-speed glide enabling the
team to evaluate systems and vehicle performance in advance of
rocket-powered space flights from the company’s new operating base
in New Mexico. The team will continue to check vehicle systems and
operational procedures at Spaceport America, pilot proficiency
training and will test new glide flight test points.
The pilots for this flight will be Mark ‘Forger’ Stucky and
Michael ‘Sooch’ Masucci flying VSS Unity. Both pilots are
commercial astronauts, having each previously flown Unity into
space on different flights. Nicola Pecile and CJ Sturckow will be
flying VMS Eve.
The company remains committed to operating safely and diligently
during the Covid-19 pandemic, with required safety protocols in
place.
You can download all press materials from the Virgin Galactic
Press FTP including Broll from the May 1 test flight.
About Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic is a vertically-integrated aerospace company,
pioneering human spaceflight for private individuals and
researchers, as well as a manufacturer of advanced air and space
vehicles. Using its proprietary and reusable technologies and
supported by a distinctive, Virgin-branded customer experience, it
is developing a spaceflight system designed to offer customers a
unique, multi-day, transformative experience. This culminates in a
spaceflight that includes views of Earth from space and several
minutes of weightlessness that will launch from Spaceport America,
New Mexico. Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company believe that
one of the most exciting and significant opportunities of our time
lies in the commercial exploration of space and the development of
technology that will change the way we travel across the globe in
the future. Together we are opening access to space to change the
world for good.
Forward-Looking Statements
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within the meaning of federal securities laws with respect to
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), including
statements regarding the Company’s spaceflight systems, markets and
expected performance. These forward-looking statements generally
are identified by words such as “believe,” “project,” “expect,”
“anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “strategy,” “future,”
“opportunity,” “plan,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” and
similar expressions. Forward looking statements are predictions,
projections and other statements about future events that are based
on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are
subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual
future events to differ materially from the forward-looking
statements in this presentation, including but not limited to the
factors, risks and uncertainties regarding the Company’s business
described in the documents filed by the Company from time to time
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). These
filings identify and address other important risks and
uncertainties that could cause the Company’s actual events and
results to differ materially from those contained in the
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only
as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put
undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and, except as
required by law, the Company assumes no obligation and does not
intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise.
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