Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo vehicle glides back to Spaceport America after its Galactic 01 suborbital flight June 29. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust Updated 4:40 p.m. Eastern with ...

SpaceShipTwo ignites its rocket motor seconds after release from its WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft July 11 from Spaceport America, New Mexico. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust SPACEPORT AMERICA, N.M. — ...

Virgin Galactic completed the first glide flight of the updated SpaceShipTwo spaceplane VSS Unity from Spaceport America in New Mexico on April 26, paving the way for a return to rocket-powered ...

The latest spaceship to roll of the company’s production facility at Mojave, CA was introduced by Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson while Professor Stephen Hawking, via a recorded speech, named ...

Tomorrow’s flight will be the first for Unity since it reached an altitude of 82.7 kilometers, for sixty seconds, before beginning its gliding descent, marking the first time the ship reached the edge ...

Colin Bennett looks down at Earth from VSS Unity. Image credit: Virgin Galactic. A mother-daughter duo from Antigua and Barbuda who won their tickets in a sweepstakes and an 80-year-old former ...