A spaceplane from Virgin Galactic reached the edge of space on Thursday carrying a crew of six, making its first spaceflight test in nearly two years as the space tourism firm founded by Richard ...

Italian Air Force personnel will make up most of the crew, but next flight could include some of the 800 customers on Virgin's waitlist You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico (Reuters) -A three-man crew from Italy soared more than 50 miles (80 km) above the New Mexico desert on Thursday aboard a Virgin Galactic rocket plane, the company's ...

Anastatia Mayers, Jon Goodwin, and Keisha Schahaff will become the first all-civilian crew to fly on Virgin Galactic's second commercial flight when it lifts off Thursday. Photo courtesy of Virgin ...

Virgin Galactic flew four tourists to the edge of space and back aboard its spaceplane, marking the second flight this year, the Richard Branson-founded company said on Saturday. The Galactic 07 ...

A twin-fuselage jet took off carrying Virgin Galactic‘s rocket plane with a three-man crew from Italy into the New Mexico sky on Thursday for a high-altitude launch of the company’s first flight of ...

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 ...

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico, June 29 (Reuters) - A three-man crew from Italy soared more than 50 miles (80 km) above the New Mexico desert on Thursday aboard a Virgin Galactic rocket plane, the ...