Virgin Galactic has given its next spaceship a name drawn from ancient Greek for the boundless. Apeiron (pronounced App-Err-On) emerged from a public vote that drew thousands of responses from 83 countries across six continents. Michael Colglazier, the company’s chief executive, said the choice captures the ambition of human spaceflight and the possibilities it opens […]
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Vectis Drone Times Five, Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works Builds a Fleet Before First Flight
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Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works just decided one flying prototype is not enough. This week at the Air, Space & Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, the company said it will build four more Vectis collaborative combat aircraft on top of the airframe already taking shape, for a planned test fleet of five. First flight remains […]