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 ...

This was Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity's last flight. Six passengers and crew flew to an altitude of 54.4 miles (87.5 km).

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 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 ...

Unity was introduced to the public on February 19, 2016. The passenger spaceship was already under construction by the Spaceship Company — a Mojave, California-based subsidiary of Virgin Galactic at ...

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. — ...