Virgin Galactic’s first operational spaceship, VSS Unity, carried four passengers and nine research experiments into suborbital space and back on June 8, bringing an end to the company’s commercial ...

It’s been so long since the space company founded by Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic, performed its last flight, that I almost forgot these guys are around. They are, and they’ve been working off ...

Glide flights support pilot training and proficiency Ground crew, maintenance, and Mission Control teams build operational readiness ahead of new Spaceship operations New Spaceship glide flights ...

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.

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In advance of the first flight test of Virgin Galactic’s next generation Spaceship, the company announced today that VSS Unity, its prototype Spaceship, has returned to the skies above Spaceport ...