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SpaceShipTwo rocket plane pushes the envelope in third supersonic test flight

Virgin Galactic sent its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, VSS Unity, to its highest-ever altitude today during its third powered test flight —… Read More

Virgin Galactic signs onto a deal to bring spaceflights to future spaceport in Italy

Virgin Galactic and a pair of Italian companies today signed a framework agreement aimed at bringing Virgin Galactic’s launch system… Read More

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo fires up rocket for another step toward spaceflight

Virgin Galactic sent its VSS Unity space plane skyward for a second supersonic rocket-powered test flight today, bringing the company… Read More

SpaceShipTwo goes supersonic in first powered flight since fatal breakup in 2014

Virgin Galactic’s second SpaceShipTwo rocket plane flew a smooth, supersonic test flight today during its first rocket-powered outing since the… Read More

Bezos, Musk and more: Space billionaires take the spotlight in books and on TV

Space is hard: That used to be the excuse for explaining why sending people into space would always be something… Read More

Microsoft Edge boosts SpaceShipTwo into virtual space on Virgin Galactic’s website

Virgin Galactic hasn’t yet started taking tourists into space on its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, but the company now offers a… Read More

Virgin Galactic strikes a deal to send Italian scientist on suborbital space trip in 2019

News Brief: Virgin Galactic and the Italian Space Agency say they’ve signed a letter of intent to send an Italian… Read More

VP Mike Pence visits Virgin Galactic and Stratolaunch space ventures in Mojave

Vice President Mike Pence made Mojave, Calif., the latest stop on his nationwide tour of spaceship development sites today, with… Read More

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo plane glides through a ‘dry run’ for blastoff

Virgin Galactic said its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane today executed a successful gliding flight test that was “essentially a dry run… Read More

Richard Branson says SpaceShipTwo is set to blast off into space by year’s end

Virgin Galactic’s billionaire founder, Richard Branson, has been toning down his predictions about the SpaceShipTwo rocket plane’s future trips to… Read More

SpaceShipTwo’s test flight makes a splash

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane took another step toward lighting up its engine in flight today, by simulating the shift… Read More

Virgin Galactic’s new SpaceShipTwo space plane flexes its wings in flight for first time

Virgin Galactic passed another essential milestone today in the flight test program for VSS Unity, its upgraded SpaceShipTwo rocket plane,… Read More

Blue Origin and other space companies urge Congress to boost FAA’s funding

When senators asked executives from Blue Origin and other commercial space ventures what they could do to help them at… Read More

Virgin Orbit satellite launch spin-off created with ex-Boeing exec at the helm

Virgin Galactic says it’s spinning off its satellite launch operation, including the LauncherOne rocket development program, as a new commercial… Read More

Star-studded cast watches Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo glide through test flight

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane glided through its third free-flying test run today, and although it hasn’t yet lit up… Read More

Virgin Galactic sneaks in just one more SpaceShipTwo glide test to cap off 2016

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo craft, VSS Unity, took its second free-flying test run today, closing off a rebuilding year for the… Read More

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo plane takes its first free-flying test glide

Virgin Galactic’s second SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, dubbed VSS Unity, successfully glided through its first free-flying test run today. The flight… Read More

Winds get too wild to let Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Unity plane go gliding

Virgin Galactic had to scale back what it hoped would be its first free-flying test of VSS Unity, its second… Read More

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Virgin Galactic’s new SpaceShipTwo gets off the ground, two years after fatal mishap

Virgin Galactic sent its second SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, VSS Unity, into the air for the first time today – tucked securely… Read More

Virgin Galactic receives FAA license to fly SpaceShipTwo – and it’s taxiing on runway

Virgin Galactic says it’s received an operator license from the Federal Aviation Administration for flying its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane into outer… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture gets set to pick up the pace for spaceship test flights

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, plans to accelerate its current once-every-eight-weeks schedule for flight… Read More

Boom moves ahead on supersonic plane project, with help from Virgin Galactic

Remember the Concorde? Boom Technology has picked up a high-profile set of allies in its quest to revive supersonic passenger… Read More

Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin highlight small steps toward giant space leaps

In the past few weeks, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space venture and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture have both… Read More

VSS Unity: Virgin Galactic christens a reborn SpaceShipTwo, with assist from Stephen Hawking

MOJAVE, Calif. – Sixteen months after Virgin Galactic’s first SpaceShipTwo rocket plane was lost amid tragedy, the second SpaceShipTwo was christened… Read More

Stephen Hawking will help Virgin Galactic roll out second SpaceShipTwo on Feb. 19

More than a year after the first SpaceShipTwo rocket plane was destroyed in a fatal test flight, Virgin Galactic says… Read More

Billionaire Space Club pits Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos vs. Richard Branson vs. Paul Allen and more

When Jeff Bezos welcomed SpaceX to the rocket landing “club” last week, it set off a round of twittering over… Read More

Virgin Galactic gets a 747 jet to serve as flying launch pad for its LauncherOne rocket

Virgin Galactic showed off its latest mothership today: a Boeing 747-400 jet that it acquired from its corporate cousins at… Read More

NTSB’s SpaceShipTwo findings put more pressure on FAA in commercial space

The recommendations coming out of a federal investigation of last October’s fatal SpaceShipTwo breakup are likely to add to the challenges… Read More

NTSB issues findings in Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo tragedy

Pilot error, an in-flight braking system that wasn’t sufficiently fail-safe, and lapses in training and the regulatory process contributed to the… Read More

Richard Branson updates progress on Virgin Galactic’s second SpaceShipTwo

Richard Branson updated the Virgin Galactic blog today with news of what’s going on with the company’s second SpaceShipTwo. Virgin… Read More