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.

This was Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity's last flight. Six passengers and crew flew to an altitude of 54.4 miles (87.5 km).

SIERRA COUNTY, N.M. —Virgin Galactic launched its spaceship, Unity, Saturday morning at Spaceport America. It’s the company’s twelfth flight, and the last one scheduled for this year. KOB 4 introduces ...

Today marks an exciting milestone in our shared quest to open space to change the world for good. For the first time, a spaceship built by our manufacturing arm, The Spaceship Company, and operated by ...

Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity lands at Spaceport America Oct. 6 at the end of the Galactic 04 mission. Credit: Spaceport America WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic continued its monthly cadence of commercial ...

It’s almost time for VSS Unity to stand down. The spaceship’s last commercial flight out of Spaceport America is Saturday. Then, it’ll be all hands on deck for spaceflight company Virgin Galactic to ...

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 ...

Update for Oct. 5: This story was updated at 4 p.m. ET (2000 GMT) with comments from a Virgin Galactic representative concerning launch time. Virgin Galactic is keeping pace with the company's monthly ...

Left to right: Anastatia Mayers, Jon Goodwin, and Keisha Schahaff are flying to the edge of space on Virgin Galactic's first tourism spaceflight.Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic has successfully flown ...

A biomedical harness will collect physiological data on human spaceflight. Three payloads will evaluate health care technologies in microgravity conditions through the collection of biometric data and ...

The team aboard VSS Unity will work on 13 science payloads during a 90-minute suborbital flight. A joint team of the Italian Air Force and the National Research Council will launch on the first ...