Here’s Virgin Galactic’s new Apeiron spaceship

2026-10-28来源 The VergeEnglish
Here’s Virgin Galactic’s new Apeiron spaceship
A screenshot from Virgin Galactic’s Apeiron spacecraft announcement video

Virgin Galactic's new spaceship is here, dubbed "Apeiron" by popular vote from a public poll. Apeiron is the first of the company's new Delta-class spacecraft, but it isn't slated to launch for nearly another year. Earlier this week, Virgin Galactic announced another delay in its launch timeline:

The lead Spaceship's first commercial spaceflight is now expected in early Q2 2027, and the second Spaceship is expected to begin commercial spaceflight operations in late Q2/early Q3 2027. The updated timeline reflects additional time for completing avionics software integration and validation, which uses an exhaustive testing process. That testi …

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