Jun. 6—It's almost time for VSS Unity to stand down. The spaceship's last commercial flight out of Spaceport America is Saturday. Then, it'll be all hands on deck for spaceflight company Virgin ...

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity last week completed its seventh flight over the Mojave Desert, the first since last summer. The flight was designed to validate work completed during recent months of ...

The battle of the billionaires hoping to claim their stake in outer space wages onward. This past weekend, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic spaceflight company successfully reached outer space for ...

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES — Virgin Galactic flew three private passengers into suborbit Thursday morning, marking the long-awaited, official launch of monthly tourist shuttles to space from Spaceport ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than a year has gone by since Virgin Galactic last sent a group of civilian passengers to the edge of space from the New ...

Virgin Galactic launched its first spaceflight in nearly two years on Thursday, a key final test for the space-tourism company before it begins flying commercial passengers. Stream NBC 5 for free, ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Virgin Galactic successfully completed its first fully crewed spaceflight over the weekend. The company says its flight on Sunday was its first test flight with a full crew onboard ...

Blue Origin paused its space tourism program in Texas, leaving Virgin Galactic to fill the void. Richard Branson's company ...

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity space tourism vehicle has been retired after its seventh flight on Saturday, and it will be at least two years before replacement craft are ready. “The learnings we have ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — Virgin Galactic on Saturday made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle, as the company forges toward offering tourist flights to ...

This was CNBC's live blog covering Virgin Galactic's first commercial spaceflight, Galactic 01. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Space tourism company Virgin Galactic, founded ...

More than a year has gone by since Virgin Galactic last sent a group of civilian passengers to the edge of space from the New Mexico desert. In June 2024, six space tourists boarded the company's VSS ...