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 ...

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 ...

Eight crew members will participate in the spaceflight, which is the first for Virgin Galactic since July 2021. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

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YOU’RE WATCHING KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. WE ARE NOW JUST NINE HOURS AWAY FROM A HISTORIC LAUNCH THAT COULD CHANGE THE FUTURE OF SPACE EXPLORATION TOMORROW VIRGIN GALACTIC WILL LAUNCH ITS UNITY 22 SPACE ...

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, ...

Space Salvage is an upcoming single-player VR space flight game that’s all about collecting trash and fighting enemy factions. In space! Developed by UK indie studio Fruity Systems, Space Salvage ...

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 ...