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.

Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) achieved something truly out of this world in 2023 -- it began operating a space tourism business. For the science fiction aficionados out there, this is the stuff of ...

Founder Richard Branson spun off Virgin Orbit from Virgin Galactic in 2017. Long Beach-based aerospace company Virgin Orbit plans to go public in a merger with Boca Raton, Fla.-based NextGen ...

On August 10, newbie astronauts Keisha Schahaff, 46, and Anastatia Mayers, 18, made history as the first mother-daughter duo and the first Caribbean women ever to go to space. The two flew outside ...

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo reached an altitude of 51.4 miles today after 15 years of struggles to replicate the performance of SpaceShipOne in 2004. AFter some ...

Virgin Galactic announced its first commercial flight will take off in a launch window of June 27 to June 30. The first commercial spaceflight, “Galactic 01,” is a scientific research mission and will ...

The in-flight experience continues to get even more high-tech. — -- Your Wi-Fi in the sky could soon be faster than your connection at some cafes or even at home. Virgin America is implementing a ...

HOW MUCH??? I hope that’s a round-trip fare. Richard Branson is one small step closer: Virgin Galactic has secured agreements with U.S. and state regulators, meaning the company’s shiny spaceplane can ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Satellite-launching startup Virgin Orbit is set to go public later this year with a reverse merger. The deal with SPAC NextGen ...

Richard Branson's satellite launch company, Virgin Orbit, will make its stock market debut on the Nasdaq through a merger with special purpose acquisition company NextGen Acquisition Corporation II.

Hyperloop is dubbed the first new mode of transport in over 100 years, and if all things go to plan, companies like Virgin Hyperloop will propel people through the air in pods moving through vacuum ...