Press Releases

TSC opens assembly facility at Mojave Air and Space Port to build Virgin Galactic spaceships

September 19, 2011

MOJAVE, Calif. ― The Spaceship Company (TSC), the aerospace production joint venture of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites, achieved a significant milestone in making commercial space travel a reality with today’s opening of its Final Assembly, Integration and Test Hangar, or FAITH, at Mojave Air and Space Port. The $8 million, modern, energy-efficient hangar supports the final stages of production for prime customer Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo, and will add new jobs to the commercial space industry at spaceports in Mojave and New Mexico.

TSC Breaks Ground on New Assembly Hangar

November 9, 2010

The Spaceship Company breaks ground on a new assembly hangar at Mojave Air & Space Port for the production of WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo.

TSC features in Virgin Galactic Milestones to Space Video

October 28, 2010

TSC features in Virgin Galactic Milestones to Space Video.