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).

Namira Salim (Pakistan), Trevor Beattie (UK) and Ron Rosano (US) flew on Virgin Galactic's Galactic 04 mission. Salim became ...

On Thursday, the publicly traded spaceflight company Virgin Galactic shared on social media a new photo of its next-generation spaceship being towed outside of its factory in Mesa, Arizona. You ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than a year has gone by since Virgin Galactic last sent a group of civilian passengers to the edge of space from the New ...

High-profile Canadian praises concept but says space tourists are 'just going to go up and fall back down again' ...

Virgin Galactic posted a video on Wednesday (Aug. 7) showcasing an animation of its new Delta class space plane, which is expected to enter service in 2026. Virgin Galactic has completed its new multi ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Throughout the course of human spaceflight, astronauts have conducted research on anything from muscle atrophy in microgravity to ...

Virgin Galactic still expects to resume its space tourism operations by the end of 2026 as it looks to begin ground testing for its new spaceplane in April. The commercial suborbital spaceflight ...

Virgin Galactic rolled out its new spaceplane amid plans for ground tests in Arizona, offering one of the earliest looks at a vehicle that could be taking paying customers beyond Earth's atmosphere ...

An all-Purdue University crew is set to make history on a suborbital research flight with Virgin Galactic. Scheduled for launch in 2027, the mission, dubbed "Purdue 1," will see a professor, a student ...

The mission, called "Operation Period," will be the first of its kind, according to the company. Two women from the nonprofit Operation Period will lead the research on the flight. The findings could ...

On Monday (Feb. 27) VMS Eve flew from California's Mojave Air and Space Port to Spaceport America in New Mexico, the hub of Virgin Galactic's commercial operations. Virgin Galactic's carrier plane VMS ...