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 VSS Unity performs a burn during July 11 flight. Credit: Virgin Galactic LOMPOC, Calif. — The Federal Aviation Administration will not allow Virgin Galactic to resume flights of its ...

Carrying a crew that included company founder Richard Branson, the successful trip marks a significant step toward rocketing paying customers into new heights. On July 11, Virgin Galactic’s space ...

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo may not fly again until it has government approval, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The FAA made the announcement Thursday, a day after reports emerged that ...

The twin cabins are basically carbon copies of the SpaceShipTwo cabin, so riding on WhiteKnightTwo will give passengers a taste of what the big blast to space will be like. While commercial astronauts ...

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MOJAVE, Calif. -- Billionaire Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson, saluting the bravery of test pilots, vowed Saturday to find out what caused the crash of his prototype space tourism rocket, ...

Virgin Galactic is poised to launch the SpaceShipTwo as early as Saturday on a milestone powered flight test following a month-long delay due to COVID-19 restrictions in New Mexico. The company hopes ...

SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico -- Richard Branson completed a daring flight to the edge of space Sunday, rocketing through the atmosphere in the spaceplane he'd been yearning to ride for nearly 20 ...

Virgin Galactic’s spaceship, meant to eventually take wealthy passengers on brief rides into space, crashed during a test flight over southern California on Friday morning. One of its two pilots was ...