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![Virgin Galactic's VMS Eve carrier plane conducts a test flight from Mojave Air and Space Port in California on Feb. 15, 2023.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UxvaUkNam8P2YDRrPXjDXX-320-80.jpeg)
Virgin Galactic carrier plane flies for 1st time since 2021
By Mike Wall published
Virgin Galactic's carrier plane VMS Eve conducted a test flight on Wednesday (Feb. 15), taking to the skies for the first time since October 2021.
![SpaceShipTwo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/u7UWMqyyuUDcw8nPKv7Yt8-320-80.jpg)
Boundary of Space Being Reconsidered as Virgin Galactic Test Program Advances
By Jeff Foust last updated
As Virgin Galactic gets closer to its first suborbital flights into space, a potential change in terminology could make it easier for the company to achieve that milestone.
![Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson (third from right) will launch on the company's first fully crewed flight on July 11, 2021 as part of a six-person crew. They are (from left): Pilot Dave Mackay; Coplin Bennet, lead operations engineer; Beth Moses, chief astronaut instructor; Branson; Sirisha Bandla, vice president of government affairs and research operations; and pilot Michael Masucci.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/J23ZfsMNTjLgARiu67R9B5-320-80.jpg)
Will Richard Branson actually reach space on Virgin Galactic's 1st fully crewed launch?
By Mike Wall last updated
As the commercial race to suborbital space has heated up in the past few years, a tricky question has popped up again and again: Where does outer space begin?
![spaceshiptwo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UvYKdKmCSi6zbiKp3b6T5E-320-80.jpg)
Where DOES Space Begin? Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Flies Right into the Debate
By Meghan Bartels last updated
![richard branson with two thumbs up beside a big bell. to the left is a model of virgin galactic's spaceshiptwo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/F9rRpUCBv9gWDyPvGrvVWh-320-80.jpg)
Branson blues? Challenges face Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit
By Elizabeth Howell published
Space tourism company Virgin Galactic may be sued by shareholders, a media report suggests, while Virgin Orbit is bleeding cash ahead of its first launch from the United Kingdom.
![close up of spaceshiptwo firing its engines in space with earth visible as a blurry blue area to the right](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Wio3GUy4s6pQEFvRctJE3W-320-80.png)
Virgin Galactic releases roadmap for its new space tourist spaceship
By Elizabeth Howell published
Virgin Galactic will partner with Axiom Space to give astronauts a brief weightless experience, and it has new suppliers to build the next-generation Delta spaceship in 2023.
![rocket flying above earth's atmosphere in an artist's picture, at sunrise](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CntpCtQKRLXGi3oNWx6ryM-320-80.jpg)
Nova Scotia spaceport project aims to launch clean-tech rockets
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
Spaceport America and other private space launch facilities worldwide have a new entrant to the market: Canada, which aims to fly 'green' rockets in 2023.
![An up-close look at VSS Unity's rocket motor in action on July 11, 2021.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fUaA9c8CTfyuCoVWm2bYt4-320-80.jpg)
Virgin Galactic pushes 1st commercial passenger flight to spring 2023
By Elizabeth Howell published
Suborbital space tourism provider Virgin Galactic will delay its first commercial flight by about three months due to issues with upgrades to its mothership fleet, which carries spaceships aloft.
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