Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company have announced new milestones in the assembly of the primary structures for the second SpaceShipTwo in its current fleet. A sister to VSS Unity, the yet-unnamed vehicle is set to launch customers into suborbital space in the 2020s. VSS Unity is being prepared for that first customer flight, although the start date for commercial operation is yet to be revealed.
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo has moved into powered flight testing. The test comes early in the…
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has provided details into the probable cause of the…
One pilot has died and another seriously injured during a test flight failure of Virgin…
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2), slated to become the world’s first commercial manned spacecraft, is undergoing…
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2) finally conducted its debut powered flight on Monday, paving the way…
There were two high-profile missions scheduled this week after a challenging weekend that saw the…
Recent challenges with weather concerns and the movement of key flights such as USSF-52 and…
United Launch Alliance (ULA) flew only its second Atlas V of 2023, as Amazon’s subsidiary…
The first week of September will see only four orbital launches and a single sub-orbital…
It’s a busy week in spaceflight, especially for Russia. The week of Aug. 7 following…
Four launches are planned for the week of June 24 to July 1. The Russians…
Reviewing this week in spaceflight and upcoming events, it’s been another busy period. China now…
After a nearly two-year pause in flights, starting after a deviation from controlled airspace during…
Blue Origin attempted its first uncrewed New Shepard flight in a year, with the NS-23…
The Inspiration4 mission, flown by Crew Dragon Resilience, has concluded its three-day mission with a…
Blue Origin has flown a crew of four onboard a New Shepard rocket on an…
After years of development, suborbital space tourism looks ready to lift off after Virgin Galactic…
Seventeen years after Sir Richard Branson watched SpaceShipOne win the Ansari X-Prize, the English entrepreneur…
Virgin Galactic has successfully performed the first human spaceflight from Spaceport America, just south of…
