New Mexico Space News
New Mexico Space News
December 15, 2025: Virgin Galactic's flights may be on hold while the company builds its next-generation spaceships, but the company is not idle. It just announced an agreement with lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to explore using LLNL sensor systems aboard the Virgin Galactic mothership to gather critical data that will accelerate the development of improved image-capture capabilities for high-altitude, long-endurance, heavy-lift aircraft.">agreement with lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to explore using LLNL sensor systems aboard the Virgin Galactic mothership to gather critical data that will accelerate the development of improved image-capture capabilities for high-altitude, long-endurance, heavy-lift aircraft.
December 15, 2025: Virgin Galactic's flights may be on hold while the company builds its next-generation spaceships, but the company is not idle. It just announced an agreement with lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to explore using LLNL sensor systems aboard the Virgin Galactic mothership to gather critical data that will accelerate the development of improved image-capture capabilities for high-altitude, long-endurance, heavy-lift aircraft.
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The Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space at Spaceport America.
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