Richard Branson will be "Astronaut 001" on the next SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceflight July 11, going to space days before Jeff Bezos flies on Blue Origin's New Shepard. Credit: Virgin Galactic ...

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo approaches the runway at Spaceport America in New Mexico May 1, the first test flight of the suborbital spaceplane from that facility. Credit: Virgin Galactic WASHINGTON ...

virgin galactic's space plane vss unity soars above the new mexican desert during a test flight Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo vehicle will carry four passengers on its inaugural commercial flight ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. A day after the deadly failed test flight of ...

Virgin Galactic has hit a small speed bump as it continues testing of its spaceplane in New Mexico, with the latest outing for SpaceShipTwo Unity brought to a premature end due to rocket failure. The ...

Virgin Galactic (Mojave, Calif., U.S.) has announced two manufacturing milestones for its next SpaceShipTwo spaceship, which is planned to enter service after VSS Unity: the fuselage and cabin have ...