Virgin Galactic

It stars Owen Wilson as a cowboy-hatted Jeff Bezos.

The Federal Aviation Administration has wrapped up its six-week inquiry into the July 11 test flight of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane.

Space tourism vehicles are probably the only technology with the potential to kill humans that doesn't need to undergo independent safety certification. Is that a good idea?

Virgin Galactic has pushed its next mission back a bit to investigate a possible manufacturing defect that might affect its VSS Unity space plane.

Unity 23 will carry Italian Air Force Col. Walter Villadei and Lt. Col. Angelo Landolfi, as well as aerospace engineer Pantaleone Carlucci, a scientist with the Italian National Research Council.

It may not have gone as smoothly as we thought.

With Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson both flying to space in craft made by their own private companies, July 2021 was perhaps the highest-profile month for space in years.

Virgin Galactic has started selling seats on its suborbital spaceliner again — but the price has gone up.

The Federal Aviation Administration has changed their qualifications for commercial astronaut wings, and Blue Origin's first flight crew might no longer be eligible.

U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) plans to introduce legislation called the Securing Protections Against Carbon Emissions Tax Act, which would impose new excise taxes on space tourism trips.

A Virgin Galactic video of founder Richard Branson's bike ride ahead of his launch into space on the company's Unity 22 flight in New Mexico this week was actually recorded earlier.

Richard Branson apparently won't be the only space billionaire to fly with Virgin Galactic.

Richard Branson carried snapshots of his parents and kids with him to suborbital space Sunday (July 11) on the "Unity 22" test flight of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity vehicle.

New camera views from the cockpit and carrier launch plane follow Richard Branson on his debut flight on a Virgin Galactic spaceship.

Richard Bransons' flight Sunday (July 11) was just the first of two planned billionaire spaceflights this month. Blue Origin boss Jeff Bezos is scheduled to fly on July 20.

Here's everything you need to know about Virgin Galactic's launch of Richard Branson and his crew on SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity Sunday, July 11.

Virgin Galactic will partner with a charity fundraising platform to offer the out-of-this-world opportunity.

Virgin Galactic's newly minted astronauts are beyond thrilled following their journey to space on the company's first fully crewed spaceflight.