Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo aims to conduct its first test flight outside Earth's atmosphere by the end of the year, following 16 glide tests and 15 tests attached to its mothership. Designed by ...

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo approaches the runway at Spaceport America in New Mexico May 1, the first test flight of the suborbital spaceplane from that facility. Credit: Virgin Galactic WASHINGTON ...

Richard Branson will be "Astronaut 001" on the next SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceflight July 11, going to space days before Jeff Bezos flies on Blue Origin's New Shepard. Credit: Virgin Galactic ...

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo may not fly again until it has government approval, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The FAA made the announcement Thursday, a day after reports emerged that ...

A day after the deadly failed test flight of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, there were words of strength in the face of adversity. The pilots’ bravery cannot be overstated, Virgin Group Founder ...

Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites and Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Galactic watch the first solo test glide test of SpaceShipTwo on Oct. 10, 2010. The VSS2 Enterprise glides through the sky during the ...

As part of a livestream on YouTube this morning, Virgin Galactic has revealed the passenger cabin of SpaceShipTwo, their space tourism craft intended to take paying customers to space in the near ...

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket plane successfully glided through a test on Friday that sent oxidizer flowing through its engine — a sight that led observers to speculate that the suborbital ...