Virgin Galactic's first commercial flight a success — 15 years after original date for launch
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. sent paying customers to the edge of space for the first time, a milestone for the Richard Branson-founded company almost two decades in the making.
The VSS Unity craft...
First commercial Virgin Galactic flight gets launch date
Virgin Galactic has set a target date of 29 June 2023 as the launch date for its first commercial spaceflight — Galactic 01.
The first flight will carry three Italian Air Force and National Research Council members, who will conduct...
Virgin Galactic set for last VSS Unity test before launching space tourist trips
Virgin Galactic says its final VSS Unity flight test could launch on Thursday, 25 May 2023, with specialist training starting three days prior.
The test will see the Unity 25 crew make a final assessment of the...
Richard Branson becomes astronaut aboard his own space ship
Virgin Group founder Richard Branson has launched into space aboard a spacecraft developed by his own company, Virgin Galactic.
The Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. space plane carrying company founder Richard Branson and five employees...
Virgin Galactic gets Spaceship licence
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation has awarded Virgin Galactic an operator licence for SpaceShipTwo.
Expert warned Virgin about space flight disaster
A rocket science safety expert on Sunday said Virgin Galactic “ignored” safety warnings in the years leading up to the deadly crash of its spacecraft in California
Virgin Galactic space flight delayed, again
Virgin Galactic has again pushed back its timeline for launching space-tourism flights from southern New Mexico’s Spaceport America
Virgin Galactic spaceship makes 1st powered flight
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo made its first powered flight, breaking the sound barrier in a test over the Mojave Desert
Virgin Galactic marks first solo glide flight
Virgin Galactic's space tourism rocket SpaceShipTwo achieved its first solo glide flight Sunday, marking another step in the company's eventual plans to fly paying passengers.