Virgin Galactic conducted a historic first supersonic test flight of SpaceShipTwo on April 29, 2013, in the Mojave Desert, CA. [See full story.] Virgin Galactic conducted a historic first supersonic ...

WEST DOT OR VIRGIN GALACTIC IS SET TO RETURN TO SPACEPORT AMERICA FOR MORE COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS. THE COMPANY SAYS THEIR NEW DELTA CLASS SPACECRAFT AND UPGRADED MOTHERSHIP, NAMED THE VMS EVE, WILL START ...

Champagne, caviar and seared tuna will be on the menu for Virgin Galactic astronauts in training when they arrive at the company’s new home in the desert scrublands of southern New Mexico. As they ...

A team of five juniors from Saint Thomas Academy is one of 60 winning teams in the fifth annual NASA’s TechRise Student Challenge, a nationwide contest to engage middle and ...

In the past, Virgin Galactic has been the object of tons of investor interest due to the company's unique business model: ...

Virgin Galactic Holdings (SPCE) continues to attract attention as a space tourism pure play, with investors weighing its recent share price declines over the past month and past three months against ...

MOJAVE, Calif. -- Virgin Galactic's tourism spaceship climbed more than 50 miles high above California's Mojave Desert on Thursday, reaching for the first time what the company considers the boundary ...

Space tourism company Virgin Galactic is looking forward to sending private astronauts to suborbital space and back, with an expected average of 125 flights per year, using its two new spaceships. The ...

Shares of Virgin Galactic climbed as a notice from the Federal Aviation Administration indicated that the company's next spaceflight test is on track to launch as early as Saturday. An FAA notice ...

On Monday (Feb. 27) VMS Eve flew from California's Mojave Air and Space Port to Spaceport America in New Mexico, the hub of Virgin Galactic's commercial operations. Virgin Galactic's carrier plane VMS ...

Let’s be real, space travel is no longer the stuff of science fiction or government astronauts alone. Right now, in 2026, the ...

FARNBOROUGH, England— Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the private space tourism company Virgin Galactic, unveiled plans today (July 11) to add satellite launches to its list of ...