Last year, Virgin Galactic seemed to finally be hitting a stride toward making commercial suborbital spaceflight. The company flew its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane to the edge of space six times in six ...

It was Virgin Galactic's seventh commercial spaceflight mission and the company's second of 2024. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. successfully completed the final commercial flight of the space tourism company’s Unity spacecraft Saturday, marking an important milestone for the firm. The Richard ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Virgin Galactic shared an awe-inspiring video from the final flight of its VSS Unity spaceplane.

SIERRA COUNTY, N.M. —Virgin Galactic launched its spaceship, Unity, Saturday morning at Spaceport America. It’s the company’s twelfth flight, and the last one scheduled for this year. KOB 4 introduces ...

Virgin Galactic — the aerospace firm founded by the British billionaire Richard Branson — successfully carried out the first free flight test run of its latest SpaceShipTwo plane VSS Unity. The plane, ...

Virgin Galactic conducted its first successful suborbital flight of its SpaceShipTwo, designated Unity 25, in May 2023 carrying six people aboard. That allowed the American spaceflight company founded ...

Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity suborbital spaceplane attached to its VMS Eve aircraft. Credit: Virgin Galactic WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic said Feb. 5 it is investigating why a pin fell from the ...