Virgin Galactic Moves New Spaceship to New Mexico
Space tourism company Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE) moved its new Apeiron spaceship to the company’s Spaceport America in New Mexico from Arizona this week for testing, in anticipation of starting commercial flights as early as the beginning of April 2027.
“We have approximately 700 members in our astronaut community signed up for astronaut expeditions,” company spokesperson Aleanna Crane told the Business Journal today.
The Tustin-based company plans to start flying a second spaceship in commercial service starting around the middle of next year.
Virgin Galactic has scheduled its third-quarter earnings release for Nov. 12.
Shares in Virgin Galactic fell 6.6% to $2.55 each for a market cap of $386 million.
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