A crew of researchers is preparing to conduct experiments approximately 50 miles (80.5 kilometers) above the Earth’s surface while on board Virgin Galactic’s spaceplane. Last week, Richard Branson’s ...

Planetary scientist Alan Stern, who spearheaded NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto, enjoyed a spaceflight of his own Thursday, soaring to the edge of space and back aboard Virgin Galactic's winged ...

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Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“Virgin Galactic” or “the Company”), a vertically integrated aerospace company, announced today the signing of a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Johnson ...

NASA’s space shuttle program may be kaput, but that doesn’t mean they’ve given up their space adventuring entirely: in the future, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo will house research missions for the ...

Former NASA flight director Mike Moses, who oversaw the final space shuttle missions, now leads development of Virgin Galactic's Delta-class spacecraft. Delta-class rocket planes are expected to begin ...

SpaceX lost a contract and John Glenn died, but Virgin Galactic is back in flight and NASA did a bunch of cool stuff. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share ...

If you recall, on Wednesday of last week, Virgin Galactic announced Nov. 2 as the date for its upcoming Galactic 05 space tourism flight. The company described Galactic 05 as not only its sixth crewed ...

The planetary scientist is bullish on the space travel company's suborbital research potential. In the summer of 2006, NASA launched its New Horizons mission out of Florida's Cape Canaveral Launch ...

Maintaining a rapid-fire, launch-per-month pace, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic sent a crew of six, including three space tourists, on a brief rocketplane ride out of the lower atmosphere Friday in ...

Virgin Galactic stock rallied Monday as Trump signs an executive order outlining ambitious space plans. SPCE shares now look poised to break above their 50-day moving average.

UPHAM, N.M., Oct 22 (Reuters) - Virgin Galactic, an offshoot of billionaire Richard Branson's London-based Virgin Group , plans to compete in the upcoming race to develop orbital space vehicles, ...