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 ...

Virgin Galactic announced on Thursday that the space tourism company will attempt to launch its next test spaceflight on July 11, carrying founder Sir Richard Branson. Branson is aiming to beat fellow ...

Virgin Galactic’s newest spacecraft is one step closer to the cosmos. The space company, founded by Richard Branson back in 2004, plans to have its revamped Delta spacecraft undergo its first flight ...

Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic are pleased to announce Virgin Orbit, a new commercial space company, and the appointment of Dan Hart as the first President of the newly created company.

Welcome to Edition 6.48 of the Rocket Report! Fresh off last week’s dramatic test flight of SpaceX’s Starship, teams in Texas are wasting no time gearing up for the next launch. Ground crews are ...

Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline, announced today that its vehicle developer, Scaled Composites, has been granted an experimental launch permit from the Federal Aviation ...

Former NASA flight director Mike Moses, who oversaw the final space shuttle missions, now leads development of Virgin Galactic's Delta-class spacecraft. Delta-class rocket planes are expected to begin ...

Virgin Galactic spaceship launched Sunday morning in New Mexico. Mission accomplished. Billionaire Sir Richard Branson flew to the lower edge of space and back to planet Earth on Sunday in the first ...

For three long years, two companies have dueled to dominate the nascent market for space tourism. But that's about to change. That's great and all, but here's the thing: The actual time in space that ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Virgin Galactic (SPCE), a leader in commercial spaceflight and advanced aerospace technology, today announced a new collaboration with Lawrence Livermore ...

Virgin Galactic faces a bleak future due to its dwindling cash reserves, limited market capitalization, and uncertain path to profitability. While the introduction of Delta Class ships could help the ...