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 commercial spaceflight company Virgin Galactic is launching its first private astronauts into space in its second commercial spaceflight. The craft, Galactic 02, is slated to launch at 11:30 a.m.

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 ...