It’s almost time for VSS Unity to stand down. The spaceship’s last commercial flight out of Spaceport America is Saturday. Then, it’ll be all hands on deck for spaceflight company Virgin Galactic to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A silver-white space plane fires its rocket engine with the curve of earth and the blackness of space in the background. On pace ...

The impressive flight cadence of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane won't last much longer. Unity flew for the sixth time in as many months last week, carrying two research scientists and another ...

The battle of the billionaires hoping to claim their stake in outer space wages onward. This past weekend, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic spaceflight company successfully reached outer space for ...

SIERRA COUNTY, N.M. —Virgin Galactic launched its spaceship, Unity, Saturday morning at Spaceport America. It’s the company’s twelfth flight, and the last one scheduled for this year. KOB 4 introduces ...

Rocket boosters are better for orbital spaceflights as compared to planes, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Saturday, hours after Richard Branson‘s Virgin Galactic Holdings (NYSE:SPCE) took tourists to ...

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Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity lands at Spaceport America Oct. 6 at the end of the Galactic 04 mission. Credit: Spaceport America WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic said it will lay off staff and cut expenses ...

Today marks an exciting milestone in our shared quest to open space to change the world for good. For the first time, a spaceship built by our manufacturing arm, The Spaceship Company, and operated by ...

The company plans to shift resources to its next-generation 'Delta' suborbital craft. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking ...