GoKawiilVirgin Galactic names first Delta-class spaceplane 'Apeiron'
Virgin Galactic unveiled the name of its first next-generation Delta-class suborbital spacecraft, Apeiron, chosen through a public vote. The announcement comes as the US has gone roughly 10 months without a commercial space tourism flight, following the retirement of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity in mid-2024, the pause of Blue Origin's New Shepard program, and SpaceX winding down its free-flying Crew Dragon missions.