Virgin Galactic has 9-hour window for its SpaceShipTwo Unity 25 launch to suborbital space on May 25. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

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’s seventh commercial research mission took off out of New Mexico on Saturday, its last before the company retires its VSS Unity spaceplane. The commercial spacecraft embarked on ...

Planetary scientist Alan Stern, who spearheaded NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto, enjoyed a spaceflight of his own Thursday, soaring to the edge of space and back aboard Virgin Galactic's winged ...

Virgin Galactic is finally on the cusp of launching its space tourism business. After a late start, the company has completed its last VSS Unity flight test before commercial service starts. The Unity ...

The sky over the Spaceport America in southern New Mexico was afire with lightning last night. The storm was sufficiently fierce to postpone Virgin Galactic’s planned rollout of its twin airships, ...

Richard Branson has won the foot race among billionaires to blast off into space. Branson, 70, and a crew of three others briefly achieved weightlessness on Sunday after his Virgin Galactic Unity 22 ...