Virgin Galactic lost a piece of hardware used to mate its VSS Unity suborbital space plane to its VMS Eve mothership aircraft during its most recent commercial spaceflight. The company said that ...

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 ...

An alignment pin detached from the launch pylon of Virgin Galactic’s VMS Eve mothership during the company’s most recent spaceflight from Spaceport America in southern New Mexico. The company ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. said late Monday that an alignment pin became detached from a portion of the mothership-launching apparatus during a recent spaceflight, but that there was no “safety ...

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (KRQE) – Virgin Galactic announced on Monday that an issue with its Galactic 06 spaceflight was reported to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). During a routine ...

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, ...

Virgin Galactic has grounded their current space tourism flight, after a small part on its mothership unintentionally detached, the company announced Monday. The safety of the mission was not impacted ...

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