Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo approaches the runway at Spaceport America in New Mexico May 1, the first test flight of the suborbital spaceplane from that facility. Credit: Virgin Galactic WASHINGTON ...

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 ...

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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo experienced an “in-flight anomaly” shortly after takeoff this morning. The suborbital space plane was conducting its first rocket- powered test-flight since January.

Now that SpaceX re-opened the doors to crewed space launches from American soil, we’re looking forward to seeing how space exploration will shape up in the coming years. But Elon Musk’s company is for ...

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo successfully completed its second test glide flight from Spaceport America, commanded by commercial astronauts Mark ‘Forger’ Stucky and Michael ‘Sooch’ Masucci. The ...

"It couldn't have gone more smoothly," said Richard Branson, who owns the spaceline with Aabar Investments PJC of Abu Dhabi. A special twin-fuselage jet carrying SpaceShipTwo spent 45 minutes climbing ...

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 ...