Virgin Galactic has hit a small speed bump as it continues testing of its spaceplane in New Mexico, with the latest outing for SpaceShipTwo Unity brought to a premature end due to rocket failure. The ...

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo may not fly again until it has government approval, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The FAA made the announcement Thursday, a day after reports emerged that ...

Virgin Galactic’s first crewed test flight of its SpaceShipTwo Unity craft from Spaceport America in New Mexico has failed to reach the boundary of space. The test flight, which took place on Saturday ...

SpaceShipTwo and its two pilots landed safely after the abort. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Virgin Galactic didn't reach space ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Virgin Galactic will postpone a SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceflight that had been scheduled for this month, electing to instead immediately begin an extended maintenance period for ...

SpaceShipTwo ignites its rocket motor seconds after release from its WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft July 11 from Spaceport America, New Mexico. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust SPACEPORT AMERICA, N.M. — ...

The billionaire will ride on the company's space plane, which won't reach orbit. Branson is set to launch nine days before Jeff Bezos flies on his own company's rocket. See more stories on Insider's ...

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc SPCE, another recently discussed target in the Reddit WallStreetBets community, has about 70% of its total 208 million share float held in short positions. In the meantime ...

Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. soared 14.9% in premarket trading Thursday, putting them on track for a fifth straight gain, after the aerospace and space travel company confirmed that the ...

Virgin Galactic will soon launch SpaceShipTwo on Saturday, May 22. It will mark as the third space expedition of the company in space. Besides payloads, a crew of explorers will ride aboard the VSS ...

Update for 12:30 p.m. EDT: Virgin Galactic launched its SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity on the first suborbital spaceflight from Spaceport America, New Mexico at about 11:26 a.m. EDT (1526 GMT). Read our full ...