Virgin Galactic will launch its first spaceflight in two years on its reusable space plane Unity on Thursday (May 25), but exactly when the launch takes place will depend on what time its carrier ...

Photo of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane, with the curve of Earth and the blackness of space in the background. Virgin Galactic will livestream its first commercial spaceflight for free, and ...

The impressive flight cadence of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane won't last much longer. Unity flew for the sixth time in as many months last week, carrying two research scientists and another ...

Eight crew members will participate in the spaceflight, which is the first for Virgin Galactic since July 2021. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

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 ...

Planetary scientist Alan Stern, who spearheaded NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto, enjoyed a spaceflight of his own Thursday, soaring to the edge of space and back aboard Virgin Galactic's winged ...

Trevor Beattie (UK) and Ron Rosano (US) flew on Virgin Galactic's Galactic 04 mission. Salim became the first Pakistani ...

Three private citizens launched into space and landed safely back on Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity spacecraft, completing the company’s second spaceflight of 2024 and 12 missions to date. Virgin ...

Virgin Galactic successfully transported Six individuals to suborbital space on August 10, marking a historic space flight for the company. Unlike competing space tourism companies such as Elon Musk's ...