Today marks an exciting milestone in our shared quest to open space to change the world for good. For the first time, a spaceship built by our manufacturing arm, The Spaceship Company, and operated by ...
SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity has safely and successfully completed her first supersonic, rocket-powered flight. After two years of extensive ground and atmospheric testing, the passing of this milestone ...
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Virgin Galactic is finally on the cusp of launching its space tourism business. After a late start, the company has completed its last VSS Unity flight test before commercial service starts. The Unity ...
After almost two years of grounding the spacecraft for its development and flight readiness, the VSS Unity has recently completed its glide test on Spaceport America that marks its return for future ...
Virgin Galactic announced that May 25 will mark the opening for its Unity 25 mission, and Spaceport America, located in New Mexico, will serve as its launch site, according to a press release from the ...
Founder of Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson, has made it to the edge of space along with five other crew members in the first fully crewed test flight of Virgin Galactic’s spaceplane VSS Unity. On ...
Virgin Galactic's VMS Eve mothership (left) and VSS Unity suborbital spaceplane at Spaceport America after VMS Eve returned to the spaceport Feb. 27. Credit: Spaceport America BROOMFIELD, Colo. — ...
Virgin Galactic's lengthy road to space tourism is nearing an end. The firm now expects its final VSS Unity test flight to launch as soon as May 25th at 10AM Eastern, with specialist training starting ...
SPACEPORT AMERICA ― Virgin Galactic launched its Unity 25 flight Thursday morning with six people on board, including Jamila Gilbert from Las Cruces. The VMS (Virgin Mothership) Eve and VSS (Virgin ...