Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane, VSS Unity, on the Unity 25 test flight May 25. Credit: Virgin Galactic WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic announced June 15 that it plans to conduct the ...

Virgin Galactic is up and running. The company aced its first-ever commercial mission today (June 29), sending four passengers to suborbital space and back. It was a landmark moment for Virgin ...

MOJAVE, Calif. - Virgin Galactic's space tourism rocket SpaceShipTwo achieved its first solo glide flight Sunday, marking another step in the company's eventual plans to fly paying passengers.

Virgin Galactic’s next flight of its SpaceShipTwo Unity suborbital passenger ship will be delayed while the company investigates a potential issue with a supplier-provided component for the flight ...

When Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket plane shattered above California's Mojave Desert on Friday, it led to the first in-flight fatality associated with a commercial space effort. The rocket ...

Virgin Galactic conducted a historic first supersonic test flight of SpaceShipTwo on April 29, 2013, in the Mojave Desert, CA. [See full story.] Virgin Galactic conducted a historic first supersonic ...

Yahoo Racing is powered by Motorsport Network, providing expert reporting, analysis, and insider access across the world’s top racing series. A malfunction during the most recent test flight of the ...

The worst accident to hit the nascent private space sector occurred on Friday, October 31, 2014, after Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crashed in the Mojave Desert killing one of its two test pilots.

Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi’s aabar Investments PJS, completed the first rocket-powered flight of its space ...

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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane, VSS Unity, on the Unity 25 test flight May 25. Credit: Virgin Galactic WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic plans to conduct its first fully commercial ...