Nearly two years since Virgin Galactic's last space flight, the company will once again take regular citizens up into space -- those who have an extra $750,000, that is. It began accepting online ...

Virgin Galactic still expects to resume its space tourism operations by the end of 2026 as it looks to begin ground testing for its new spaceplane in April. The commercial suborbital spaceflight ...

Not only did Virgin Galactic’s rocket-powered plane, VSS Unity travel to a record altitude of nearly 56 miles, it also reached a top speed of Mach 3.0. And just for the record books — this time it ...

Six people will be on board the Galactic 02 when it takes off from New Mexico on Thursday morning.

People can once again reserve a space flight with Virgin Galactic. The company, founded by Richard Branson, plans to launch flights from New Mexico's Spaceport later this year. "During spaceflight, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin made a decision in January to abandon – at least for a couple years – its space tourism program that ...

ALBUQUERQUE – Virgin Galactic completed what is expected to be its final test flight Thursday before taking paying customers on brief trips to space, marking what the space tourism company described ...

Space tourism companies are redefining commercial spaceflight, offering orbital missions or suborbital experiences for paying passengers. SpaceX leads with Crew Dragon orbital flights to the ISS, ...