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).

Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo spacecraft successfully completed its first spaceflight from New Mexico's Spaceport America over the weekend. On Monday investors piled into the stock, lifting ...

A close up of the wing of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity, the second SpaceShipTwo space plane made by the company. A close up of the nose of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity, the second SpaceShipTwo space ...

Space tourism really is the hot topic among billionaires nowadays, and some of them are getting closer to making it a reality. On Saturday, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic made room for itself in ...

After a glide flight by Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity April 26, the company says it's ready for a powered flight to space in late May. Credit: Virgin Galactic WASHINGTON — As Virgin Galactic prepares to ...

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, ...

British billionaire Sir Richard Branson almost, but not quite, flew into space today as a passenger aboard the privately built and operated Virgin Galactic spaceplane, VSS Unity, which took off from ...

Unity was introduced to the public on February 19, 2016. The passenger spaceship was already under construction by the Spaceship Company — a Mojave, California-based subsidiary of Virgin Galactic at ...

Space stocks including Redwire, Astrotech, SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and Virgin Galactic trade higher as the sector tries to ...

Today marks an exciting milestone in our shared quest to open space to change the world for good. For the first time, a spaceship built by our manufacturing arm, The Spaceship Company, and operated by ...