The Richard Branson-founded space tourism company will continue developing its upgraded aircraft following workforce cuts and ...

The company is also looking at using its mothership aircraft that releases spacecraft at high altitude as a carrier platform ...

Virgin Galactic paused commercial spaceflights in June 2024 to work on a new spaceplane to take paying customers on ...

Virgin Galactic is still in a pre-commercial stage. Its primary focus is building and designing its aircraft while getting the necessary regulatory approvals to start flying paying customers in 2026.

Virgin Galactic shows a view of Earth from Virgin Galactic’s rocket plane as it reaches an altitude of more than 54 miles during the test flight on May 25, 2023.

Virgin Galactic offered a livestream of the spaceflight on its website, virgingalactic.com. The livestream remains available for those interested in viewing the launch. Who was on board?

Virgin Galactic, part of British billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Group conglomerate, launched a ship bound for space Thursday, Aug. 10, with six people aboard.

Virgin Galactic, in fact, would not fly again until a spaceflight on May 25, 2023—a nearly two-year gap. Ahead of this week's flight, I toured Virgin Galactic's facilities in Southern New Mexico.

Virgin Galactic is a spaceflight company founded by Richard Branson. It operates the SpaceShipTwo tourism rocket, the world’s first passenger-carrying spaceship, which underwent its first major ...

Virgin Galactic's mothership Eve, carrying the rocket-powered plane Unity 22, flies after taking off from Spaceport America, near Truth or Consequences, N.M., Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023.

Virgin Galactic has a plan for this, Colglazier said. It is designing and developing a "delta" class of spaceships that will have lower flight costs and be able to fly one mission a week.

Virgin Galactic, helmed by billionaire Richard Branson, had high hopes of showing off the new cabin design during a spectacular in-person event, in keeping with Virgin’s theme of flashy unveils.