The future of commercial space travel is took off in New Mexico on Thursday. Virgin Galactic, part of British billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Group conglomerate, launched a ship bound for space ...

Left to right: Anastatia Mayers, Jon Goodwin, and Keisha Schahaff are flying to the edge of space on Virgin Galactic's first tourism spaceflight.Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic has successfully flown ...

The company wants it to mark a new era of space flight being easily accessible. Virgin Galactic launched its first fully commercial flight of the SpaceShipTwo space plane called VSS Unity Thursday.

NEW YORK — Virgin Galactic is launching its first fully commercial flight of the SpaceShipTwo space plane, the company announced. The ship will carry four people and launch around 11:00 a.m. ET, which ...

For the first time in Virgin Galactic's 19-year existence, the private spaceflight company will launch three civilian customers — who either bought or won their seats on the VSS Unity — into space on ...

Virgin Galactic is grouped into the broader space economy sector — a highly speculative and capital-intensive industry. While commercial launch activity has accelerated thanks to SpaceX and Rocket Lab ...

Virgin Galactic is preparing for its first launch of civilian astronauts into space this morning. The flight will include two pilots, a company representative, and three inspirational private ...

Virgin Galactic has launched its first tourist passengers — Olympian Jon Goodwin and mother-daughter duo Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers — to the edge of space and back. The flight, called ...