The VSS Unity has been grounded for flying off-course in its Unity 22 mission but that hasn’t stopped Virgin announcing its next flight. Virgin Galactic is set to run its first commercial research ...

A Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo space plane took to the air under the wing of its massive mothership Thursday (Sept. 8), marking the first flight test for the private space travel company since a ...

Virgin Galactic's newest space plane has taken to the skies again. The suborbital SpaceShipTwo vehicle, known as VSS Unity, completed its second-ever powered test flight today (May 29), soaring high ...

It's not clear how long this test program will take. VSS Enterprise, for what it's worth, made its first captive-carry flight in March 2010, and executed a total of 55 successful test flights before ...

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Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity space tourism vehicle has been retired after its seventh flight on Saturday, and it will be at least two years before replacement craft are ready. “The learnings we have ...

The battle of the billionaires hoping to claim their stake in outer space wages onward. This past weekend, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic spaceflight company successfully reached outer space for ...

This was Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity's last flight. Six passengers and crew flew to an altitude of 54.4 miles (87.5 km). Galactic O7 Space Tourists: Anand "Andy" Harish Sadhwani of California Irving ...

Sir Richard Branson has moved his rocket plane from its development base in California to what will be its operational centre in New Mexico. The transfer of the Unity vehicle and its mothership, Eve, ...