Commercial spaceflight company focused on space tourism. Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. is a British-American commercial spaceflight company headquartered in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Founded in 2004 by Sir Richard Branson and the Virgin Group, Virgin Galactic focuses on designing, manufacturing, and operating suborbital space vehicles for space tourism and scientific research. The company’s VSS Unity spacecraft completed several test and commercial flights before its retirement in mid-2024. Now, Virgin Galactic is developing its next-generation Delta-class ships, targeting operational service by 2026, with assembly ongoing at Phoenix, Arizona. The enterprise operates mainly from Spaceport America, New Mexico, with facilities also in California and Arizona. Virgin Galactic employs approximately 1,100 people. As a publicly traded company, it continues to work towards making space accessible to private individuals and researchers, advancing human spaceflight beyond traditional boundaries.