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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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).

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 ...

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson gave an inside look at the aerospace company's prized VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo on Tuesday. Branson told NBC's "Today" show he had always "envisioned" a spaceship ...

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, ...

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 ...

SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity has safely and successfully completed her first supersonic, rocket-powered flight. After two years of extensive ground and atmospheric testing, the passing of this milestone ...

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc.’s VSS Unity spacecraft made its fully crewed return to space Thursday, the company’s first crewed mission in almost two years. The spaceflight company’s VMS Eve mother ...

Richard Branson gave a few remarks from the stage at the spaceport in New Mexico, among which was an opportunity for those who can’t afford to shell out $250,000 (or whatever the price turns out to be ...

After Richard Branson ascended into space on Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity and then landed back on Earth, he, his Unity 22 crew and his guests drank champagne. Celebrating his historic flight as the ...