Illustration: the night side of North America seen from orbit, city lights under a thin blue atmosphere.

Mars is the finish line.

Virgin Galactic's new spaceship, its purple and chrome tail booms marked GALACTIC and its nose marked Apeiron and N401VG, parked on a runway in low sun.

FEATURE

Meet Apeiron: Virgin Galactic's New Spaceship and Its Long Road Back to Space

Named by a public vote and unveiled today, Apeiron is the ship Virgin Galactic needs to fly paying passengers again. What a seat costs, where the company has already been, and how a stock that closed at $59.41 in 2021 came to be worth the same as about 13 cents.

TONIGHT

The Moon, the best satellite pass and any launch in sight of you tonight, once your place is read.

The Earth setting behind the Moon's far side, photographed by the Artemis II crew from Orion on April 6, 2026.

Moon Tracker

Artemis II crew, Apr 6, 2026 · NASA

Artemis II (crewed lunar flyby)Apr 2026

Artemis III (Orion + lander docking test)Mid 2027

Artemis IV (crew on the Moon)2028

Sustained lunar presence2029+

NEXT LAUNCHES

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18

SpaceX · Go

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Oct 30

GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1L (NVS-03)

Indian Space Research Organization · Go

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Oct 30

Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432

SpaceX · Go

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Nov 1

Electron | The Sea God Surveys (iQPS Launch 9)

Rocket Lab · TBD

Nov 3

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-21

SpaceX · Go

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Nov 4

Source: Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs) · updated Oct 28 · every launch

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RKLBNeutron hype + ARK accumulation

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LUNRArtemis momentum

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OKLONuclear policy tailwind

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