Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc.

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. is a pioneering company operating in the commercial spaceflight sector. It is focused on developing and selling suborbital spaceflights to space tourists and providing commercial space services for scientific research and payload deployment. As part of the larger Virgin Group conglomerate, Virgin Galactic is innovating the realm of space travel by offering unique spaceflight experiences, thus significantly contributing to the burgeoning space tourism industry. The company utilizes its fleet of SpaceShipTwo vehicles, which are carried aloft by motherships, to offer short-duration trips that allow passengers to experience weightlessness and see the curvature of the Earth from space. Founded by Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic’s operations are centered around its launch facility, Spaceport America, in New Mexico. In the broader spectrum of the aerospace and defense sector, Virgin Galactic represents the frontier of commercializing space travel and aims to make routine spaceflights accessible to non-professional astronauts, thereby expanding the horizons of human space exploration and research.