Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic Flies Science Experiments to the Edge of Space

On November 2, Virgin Galactic flew Unity 2 on the Galactic 05 mission. It carried two scientists, a private tourist,…

5 months ago

After almost two decades of ups and downs, Virgin Galactic sent its first customers to the edge of space aboard…

10 months ago

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With Virgin Orbit going through bankruptcy, other launch providers are purchasing various parts of the business. This week we learned…

11 months ago

Richard Branson just returned form the edge of space to announce that a new era of space exploration is upon…

3 years ago

On Sunday, July 11th (weather permitting), Richard Branson will become the first billionaire to go to space, beating Jeff Bezos…

3 years ago

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket plane crossed its 50-mile-high space boundary over New Mexico for the first time today, after months…

3 years ago

Virgin Galactic has reached another milestone in their fight test program. The VSS Unity spacecraft carried a third crew member…

5 years ago

Virgin Galactic recently conducted its second successful powered test flight of the VSS Unity, bringing the company one step closer…

6 years ago

Professor Stephen Hawking has been offered, and has accepted, a trip into sub-orbital space on Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic Spacecraft.

7 years ago

It seems a lot of the space stories of this year involve spacecraft making journeys: bouncing across a comet, or…

9 years ago