Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo vehicle glides back to Spaceport America after its Galactic 01 suborbital flight June 29. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust Updated 4:40 p.m. Eastern with ...

MOJAVE, Calif. - Virgin Galactic's space tourism rocket SpaceShipTwo achieved its first solo glide flight Sunday, marking another step in the company's eventual plans to fly paying passengers.

Virgin Galactic’s next flight of its SpaceShipTwo Unity suborbital passenger ship will be delayed while the company investigates a potential issue with a supplier-provided component for the flight ...

Today, Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi’s aabar Investments PJC, completed the first rocket-powered flight of its space ...

Update for 12:20 p.m. ET, June 29: Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space plane, VSS Unity has successfully landed, completing the company's first commercial spaceflight. See more images, video and read ...

The day for the first solo flight of SpaceShipTwo—the first commercial suborbital tourism aircraft—is getting closer. Here, its crew is testing it for the first time. It’s still docked to its ...

When Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket plane shattered above California's Mojave Desert on Friday, it led to the first in-flight fatality associated with a commercial space effort. The rocket ...

LOS ANGELES — Virgin Galactic rolled out a new version of its SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket Friday as it prepares to return to flight testing for the first time since a 2014 accident destroyed the ...