Virgin Galactic recently shared a first look at its new spaceplane that later in 2026 is due to begin taking paying customers ...
The company described the flight as a “captive carry” test, in which the launch vehicle and spacecraft are held together. As well as ensuring a safe flight, engineers used the event as a real-world ...
Virgin Galactic still expects to resume taking civilians to space by the end of 2026 as it looks to begin ground testing for its new spaceplane.
Virgin Galactic is deep into development of its new Delta Class suborbital space planes, with both research and private astronaut flights expected to commence in the fall of 2026. Virgin Galactic is ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (The Hill) — Three private citizens launched ...
WEST DOT OR VIRGIN GALACTIC IS SET TO RETURN TO SPACEPORT AMERICA FOR MORE COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS. THE COMPANY SAYS THEIR NEW DELTA CLASS SPACECRAFT AND UPGRADED MOTHERSHIP, NAMED THE VMS EVE, WILL START ...
NASA did participate in Friday’s flight via its Flight Opportunities program, which pays Virgin Galactic for space to conduct research inside the Unity during its trip. Virgin Galactic also used the ...
Nearly two years since Virgin Galactic's last space flight, the company will once again take regular citizens up into space -- regular citizens who have an extra $750,000, that is. It began accepting ...
Virgin Galactic is building a space tourism business. It has proven the concept and is actually running space tourism flights, but it is nowhere near profitable. Management is still saying that the ...
In space, no one can hear a pin drop. Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic was forced to ground its rocket after a part fell off during its first space tourism flight of 2024. The “alignment pin detached ...
Three private citizens launched into space and landed safely back on Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity spacecraft, completing the company’s second spaceflight of 2024 and 12 missions to date. Virgin ...