Space tourism company Virgin Galactic is looking forward to sending private astronauts to suborbital space and back, with an ...

MOJAVE, Calif. -- Virgin Galactic's tourism spaceship climbed more than 50 miles high above California's Mojave Desert on Thursday, reaching for the first time what the company considers the boundary ...

“We’ve reached an exciting stage in our SpaceShip program, with our production checklist growing shorter by the week and our first commercial spaceflight continuing to track for Q4 2026,” said Michael ...

Spaceport America’s largest tenant, Virgin Galactic, will resume commercial flights out of the launch facility in the fourth ...

Just days before her first spaceflight, Kellie Gerardi talks about the importance of microgravity research and making the final frontier more accessible for all. When Alan Stern launches to space this ...

As soon as Thursday, Virgin Galactic plans to fire the rocket motor of its spacecraft and fly to an altitude of more than 50 miles. If it accomplishes that goal, it would proclaim it has reached the ...

Virgin Galactic says it remains on schedule to complete its next-generation suborbital spaceplane and begin commercial flights before the end of 2026.