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Watch an awe-inspiring video from final flight of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity spaceplane
By Samantha Mathewson published
Virgin Galactic shared an awe-inspiring video from the final flight of its VSS Unity space plane.
Virgin Galactic launches VSS Unity space plane on final suborbital spaceflight with crew of 6 (photos, video)
By Meredith Garofalo last updated
Virgin Galactic launched its seventh commercial spaceflight mission on June 8 during the final flight of its VSS Unity suborbital spaceplane.
This time, we take it from no one: Why opening the High Frontier of space can be different (op-ed)
By Rick Tumlinson published
The coming settlement of the High Frontier doesn’t have to be a repeat of the violent conquests and colonization of history. We will not take space from anyone, and we can give it to everyone.
Virgin Galactic to launch 7th commercial spaceflight on June 8
By Mike Wall published
Virgin Galactic is targeting June 8 for its seventh commercial spaceflight, a suborbital jaunt called, fittingly enough, Galactic 07.
Boeing files lawsuit against Virgin Galactic over development of new mothership aircraft
By Andrew Jones published
Boeing and Aurora Flight Sciences are suing Virgin Galactic for unpaid work and trade secrets related to a new mothership aircraft for Virgin Galactic’s next-generation space planes.
20 people in space! Humanity quietly tied a record last month
By Mike Wall published
For a few minutes on Jan. 26, 20 people were in space at the same time, tying a record set just last May.
Virgin Galactic mothership loses alignment pin during space plane launch, FAA investigating
By Brett Tingley published
Virgin Galactic informed the FAA that the mothership of its space plane VSS Unity lost a piece of hardware on its most recent suborbital flight.
Virgin Galactic launches 1st Ukrainian woman to space — and 3 others — on Galactic 06 suborbital flight (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
Virgin Galactic launched its sixth commercial mission today (Jan. 26), sending four passengers to suborbital space and back.
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