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This photo provided by Virgin Galactic shows SpaceShipTwo Unity being released from the carrier mothership, VMS Eve for second successful glide flight in New Mexico on Thursday, June 25, 2020. Virgin Galactic is celebrating the second successful glide flight of its spaceship over Spaceport America in southern New Mexico. (Virgin Galactic via AP)

Window opens for Virgin Galactic’s final round of testing

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This undated photo released by Virgin Galactic shows the interior of their SpaceshipTwo Cabin during a flight. Highly detailed amenities to enhance the customer experience were shown in an online event Tuesday, July 28, 2020, revealing the cabin of the company's rocket plane, a type called SpaceShipTwo, which is undergoing testing in preparation for commercial service. There are a dozen windows for viewing, seats capable of being customized to each of six passengers and mood lighting. (Virgin Galactic via AP)

Virgin Galactic shows off passenger spaceship cabin interior

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Disney Parks executive to take CEO role at Virgin Galactic

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This photo provided by Virgin Galactic shows SpaceShipTwo Unity on it's second successful glide flight over Spaceport America in New Mexico on Thursday, June 25, 2020. Virgin Galactic is celebrating the second successful glide flight of its spaceship over Spaceport America in southern New Mexico. (Virgin Galactic via AP)

Virgin Galactic prepares to unveil spaceship’s interior

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Virgin Galactic marks second glide flight over New Mexico

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Virgin Galactic SpaceshipTwo Unity flys free in the New Mexico Airspace for the first time on Friday, May 1, 2020. Virgin Galactic's spaceship VSS Unity has landed in the New Mexico desert after its first glide flight from Spaceport America. The company announced Friday's flight on social media, sharing photos of the spaceship. (Virgin Galactic via AP)

Virgin Galactic posts loss, touts future potential revenue

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

Virgin Galactic SpaceshipTwo Unity flys free in the New Mexico Airspace for the first time on Friday, May 1, 2020. Virgin Galactic's spaceship VSS Unity has landed in the New Mexico desert after its first glide flight from Spaceport America. The company announced Friday's flight on social media, sharing photos of the spaceship. (Virgin Galactic via AP)

Virgin Galactic completes first glide flight in New Mexico

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 22, 2019 file photo Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity returns to Mojave Air and Space Port after reaching space in Mojave, Calif. Virgin Galactic's spaceship VSS Unity, tucked under the wing of its special carrier aircraft, headed east Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, from Southern California on a long-awaited ferry flight to its new home in New Mexico where it will be prepared for commercial operations carrying tourists on hops into space, the company said. (AP Photo/Matt Hartman,File)

Virgin Galactic spaceship arrives at new home in New Mexico

By JOHN ANTCZAK and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

New Mexico governor, executives attend aerospace summit

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New Mexico Democratic agenda, oil boom make 2019 headlines

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CEO: Virgin Galactic marks ‘incredible’ year of milestones

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FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2018 file photo, Virgin Galactic aircraftVSS Unity reaches space for the first time during its fourth powered flight from Mojave Air and Space Port, Calif. Boeing plans to invest $20 million in Virgin Galactic as the space tourism company nears its goal of launching passengers on suborbital flights. The companies announced the investment Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, saying they will work together on broadening commercial access to space and transforming global travel technologies. Virgin Galactic has conducted successful test flights of its winged rocket ship at Mojave, California, and is preparing to begin operations at Spaceport America in New Mexico. (AP Photo/Matt Hartman, File)

Boeing to invest $20 million in Virgin Galactic

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FILE - In this May 29, 2018 photo provided by Virgin Galactic, the VSS Unity craft flies during a supersonic flight test. Virgin Galactic said Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019 that it has been contracted by the Italian air force for a suborbital research flight aboard its winged rocket ship. (Virgin Galactic via AP, File)

Virgin Galactic says it will fly Italian researchers

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FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2011 file photo, guests stand outside the new Spaceport America hangar in Upham, N.M. Virgin Galactic is scheduled to unveil the interior of its digs at Spaceport America, providing the first glimpse of mission control, a prep area for pilots and where paying customers will lounge ahead of their suborbital flights. Company officials are gathering Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the remote facility in the New Mexico desert to show off two levels of the custom-tailored hangar at the taxpayer-financed spaceport. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Virgin Galactic reveals futuristic outpost for space tourism

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

Richard Branson is presented with a space-themed cake during a luncheon attended by 100 Virgin Galactic ticket holders, to mark his 69th birthday and in recognition of the Apollo 11 moon landing anniversary at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Richard Branson inspired by Apollo, his own space shot soon

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Virgin Orbit conducts drop-test of rocket from Boeing 747

By JOHN ANTCZAK - Associated Press

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson, left, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and U.S. Sen. Tom Udall wait to speak during an event at the state capital on Friday, May 10, 2019, in Santa Fe, N.M. Branson announced Friday that his company will begin shifting operations from California to a spaceport and specialized runway in the New Mexico desert in final preparations for commercial flights. (AP Photo/Craig Fritz) ** FILE **

Space-tourism biz Virgin Galactic going public after merger

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FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2011 file photo British billionaire Sir Richard Branson drinks champagne after repelling down the side of the new Spaceport America hangar in Upham, N.M. Branson is taking another concrete step toward offering rides into the close reaches of space for paying passengers. Branson announced Friday, May 10, 2019, that Virgin Galactic will immediately begin shifting operations from California to the spaceport and specialized runway in the New Mexico desert in final preparations for commercial flights. He says Virgin Galactic's development and testing program has advanced enough to make the move, which will continue through the summer. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

The Latest: Virgin Galactic enters ‘home stretch’ of tests

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FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2011, file photo a crowd gathers outside Spaceport America for a dedication ceremony as Virgin Galactic's mothership WhiteKnightTwo sits on the tarmac near Upham, N.M. British billionaire Richard Branson is taking another concrete step toward offering rides into the close reaches of space for paying passengers. Branson announced Friday, May 10, 2019, that Virgin Galactic will immediately begin shifting operations from California to a spaceport and specialized runway in the New Mexico desert in final preparations for commercial flights. He says Virgin Galactic's development and testing program has advanced enough to make the move, which will continue through the summer. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

Space-tourism enters ‘home stretch’ toward commercial flight

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity rocket plane flown into the atmosphere before launching Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, in Mojave, Calif. Virgin Galactic says its rocket plane has reached space for a second time in a test flight over California on Friday. In addition to two pilots, the spacecraft carried a third crewmember to evaluate the cabin from a passenger perspective. (AP Photo/Matt Hartman)

Virgin Galactic: Rocket reaches space again in test flight

By JOHN ANTCZAK - Associated Press