Photo of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane, with the curve of Earth and the blackness of space in the background. Virgin Galactic will livestream its first commercial spaceflight for free, and ...

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Virgin Galactic is set to take off on its fifth commercial spaceflight since it began the service last summer. Galactic 05 is scheduled to lift off from Spaceport America in New Mexico on Thursday ...

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 ...

Virgin Galactic's spaceflight drought will last just about two years, if all goes according to plan. The suborbital space tourism company last went to the final frontier in June 2024, on the final ...

Update for 11:47 a.m.: The Virgin Galactic flight has landed. The names of the tourists have not yet been released; we will add more updates as they arrive. Virgin Galactic plans to launch its third ...

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 ...