The Journal of Space Commerce

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Aurora to Build New Motherships for Virgin Galactic

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Tom Patton
Jul 15, 2022
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Virgin Galactic has entered into an agreement with Boeing subsidiary Aurora to build two new motherships for its commercial space business. Aurora Flight Sciences will partner in the design and manufacturing of the Company’s next generation motherships. The mothership is the air launch carrier aircraft in Virgin Galactic’s space flight system, that carr…

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