Virgin Galactic wants your help naming its new Delta class spaceship
Summary
Virgin Galactic is asking the public to help choose a name for its new Delta-class spaceship. The company has four options—Horizon, Explorer, Ascend, and Apeiron—and voting is open until August 27.Key Facts
- Virgin Galactic's new spaceship class is called Delta, designed for suborbital space tourism.
- The Delta-class ships can carry up to six passengers, similar to the previous SpaceShipTwo.
- Delta ships will fly up to eight missions per month, which is 12 times more than SpaceShipTwo.
- The first Delta spaceship, Delta-1, was structurally completed and moved to a test hangar in Arizona.
- Virgin Galactic plans to start flight tests in October 2026 and begin commercial flights in February 2027.
- The company asked employees and future passengers to suggest names, receiving 276 submissions.
- The four finalist names for the spaceship are Horizon, Explorer, Ascend, and Apeiron.
- Voting is open to anyone 13 years and older through August 27 on Virgin Galactic’s website.
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