Connecticut Post

Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity Completes Human Spaceflight

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 ...
Flying

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity Airborne Again

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity last week completed its seventh flight over the Mojave Desert, the first since last summer. The flight was designed to validate work completed during recent months of ...

Bezos pauses space tourism. Can Branson’s Virgin Galactic 'fill that gap?'

Blue Origin paused its space tourism program in Texas, leaving Virgin Galactic to fill the void. Richard Branson's company ...
wtvr

Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic completes its 1st fully crewed spaceflight

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Virgin Galactic successfully completed its first fully crewed spaceflight over the weekend. The company says its flight on Sunday was its first test flight with a full crew onboard ...
CNBC

Virgin Galactic completes first spaceflight in over two years, in step toward finishing development

Virgin Galactic took a step closer to completing development of its space tourism system on Saturday. "It was flawless," Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier told CNBC about the flight. Virgin ...
Albuquerque Journal

'Just wow': Virgin Galactic completes first passenger spaceflight

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES — Virgin Galactic flew three private passengers into suborbit Thursday morning, marking the long-awaited, official launch of monthly tourist shuttles to space from Spaceport ...
NBC Chicago

Virgin Galactic Completes Unity 25 Spaceflight in Key Final Test Before Commercial Service

Virgin Galactic launched its first spaceflight in nearly two years on Thursday, a key final test for the space-tourism company before it begins flying commercial passengers. Stream NBC 5 for free, ...
Flying

Virgin Galactic Retires ‘Unity,’ Plans Bigger Replacement

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity space tourism vehicle has been retired after its seventh flight on Saturday, and it will be at least two years before replacement craft are ready. “The learnings we have ...
WKYC3

Virgin Galactic manned shuttle makes 1st rocket-powered flight to edge of space

SANTA FE, N.M. — Virgin Galactic on Saturday made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle, as the company forges toward offering tourist flights to ...

With Bezos’s Blue Origin Bowing Out of Space Tourism, Richard Branson Wants to Step Up

Virgin Galactic is ready to take the lead in the space tourism race, after Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin halted operations of its ...
NBC Los Angeles

Virgin Galactic Completes First Commercial Flight in Major Step for Space Tourism Company

This was CNBC's live blog covering Virgin Galactic's first commercial spaceflight, Galactic 01. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Space tourism company Virgin Galactic, founded ...