Virgin Galactic has conducted the second rocket-powered test flight of its tourism spaceship in the skies over California. The company says VSS Unity fired its rocket motor for 31 seconds and climbed ...

This was Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity's last flight. Six passengers and crew flew to an altitude of 54.4 miles (87.5 km).

Richard Branson’s company Virgin Galactic conducted a supersonic test flight of its SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity passenger rocket ship over the Sierra Nevada mountains on Thursday, the company said. The ...

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Virgin Galactic's second SpaceShipTwo has flown again. The vehicle, known as VSS Unity, was hauled into the skies above Mojave, California, this morning (June 1) by the carrier aircraft WhiteKnightTwo ...

For $250,000 a ticket, passengers who have signed up for the suborbital flight aboard the air-launched plane VSS Unity will strap into six tailored, teal-coloured seats and peer out of the cabin’s 12 ...

Earlier this year in a spectacular ceremony in California, the privately-funded space company Virgin Galactic unveiled its newly completed SpaceShipTwo. Named Virgin Spaceship (VSS) Unity by the great ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Virgin Galactic shared an awe-inspiring video from the final flight of its VSS Unity spaceplane.

In order for international regulators to keep up with this nascent industry and control its pollution properly, scientists need a better understanding of the effect billionaire astronauts will have on ...

Virgin Galactic’s new spaceship climbed at supersonic speed over California’s Mojave Desert on Thursday in the company’s first powered flight since the fatal crash of its original rocketship in 2014.

San Francisco: Virgin Galactic is all set to launch its billionaire CEO Richard Branson and three company employees to the edge of space on Sunday (8 pm India time). If successful, the mission called ...