Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic Flies Science Experiments to the Edge of Space

On November 2, Virgin Galactic flew Unity 2 on the Galactic 05 mission. It carried two scientists, a private tourist,…

1 year ago

After almost two decades of ups and downs, Virgin Galactic sent its first customers to the edge of space aboard…

1 year ago

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With Virgin Orbit going through bankruptcy, other launch providers are purchasing various parts of the business. This week we learned…

1 year ago

Richard Branson just returned form the edge of space to announce that a new era of space exploration is upon…

3 years ago

On Sunday, July 11th (weather permitting), Richard Branson will become the first billionaire to go to space, beating Jeff Bezos…

3 years ago

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket plane crossed its 50-mile-high space boundary over New Mexico for the first time today, after months…

4 years ago

Virgin Galactic has reached another milestone in their fight test program. The VSS Unity spacecraft carried a third crew member…

6 years ago

Virgin Galactic recently conducted its second successful powered test flight of the VSS Unity, bringing the company one step closer…

6 years ago

Professor Stephen Hawking has been offered, and has accepted, a trip into sub-orbital space on Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic Spacecraft.

8 years ago

It seems a lot of the space stories of this year involve spacecraft making journeys: bouncing across a comet, or…

10 years ago