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A Spaceport in the Desert
December 2005, Las Cruces, New Mexico

At press conferences in London and New Mexico, Virgin Galactic and officials from the State of New Mexico announce an agreement which will see the building of a State funded $200m spaceport in the southern part of New Mexico on a 27 square mile area of State land to be named Spaceport America. Virgin Galactic will locate its world headquarters and Mission Control at Spaceport America in a landmark architecture facility. ..

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Gearing up for Commercial Operations
July 2005, Oshkosh WI

Sir Richard Branson and Burt Rutan announce the formation of The Spaceship Company, a Virgin Galactic majority owned joint venture with Scaled Composites which will be the manufacturing company for the new fleet of spaceships (SpaceShipTwo’s) and launch aircraft (WhiteKnightTwo’s). They also announce that rather than build commercial replicas of SpaceShipOne, the new spaceships will be able to accommodate six passengers and two pilots and be big enough to allow for an out of seat zero gravity experience as well as plenty of large windows for the amazing views back to Earth. .. http://www.virgingalactic.com/overview/

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