The sponsor for the X Prize competition, the X Prize Foundation, will webcast the X Prize action on each flight day, September 29 and October 4, starting in the early morning hours California time.

SpaceShipOne didn’t need NASA to get to space. Emily A. Margolis When re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, SpaceShipOne employed a feathering system that raised to 65 degrees the rear half of the wings ...

Virgin Galactic set out to make space tourism a reality, but the journey has been far more difficult than anyone expected.

Part 2 explores the dramatically different approaches to the launch systems, and the surprising similarities in the factors that contributed to their success. Although they served very different ...