The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer website, www.virginatlanticglobalflyer.com, has been totally redesigned with a range of new content and features including games and new exclusive merchandise. The ...

Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer Mission Control announced that the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer has overcome its first major challenge when it successfully took off for its round-the-world record attempt ...

Fuel losses, extreme heat within the cockpit and lower-than-expected jet stream wind speeds are threatening to end prematurely the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer’s attempt to fly further than any ...

NASA congratulates the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer experimental aircraft team on its first-of-a-kind flight. NASA technology contributed to the safety and success of the mission by enhancing ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., 3 March 2005. GlobalFlyer pilot Steve Fossett communicated with his ground control team throughout his round-the-world flight this week using NASA technology. The Virgin Atlantic ...

The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer has successfully started its endurance flight record attempt despite suffering a bird strike on take-off. The long distance experimental aircraft took off from the ...

ANN REALTIME UPDATE 03.15.06 1415 EST: Steve Fossett's latest quest to set yet another aviation record -- and keep the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer in the air, and out of a museum, in the process -- is ...

After getting slightly banged up in a ground incident last week, the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer is expected to fly to Kennedy Space Center, FL on Thursday, January 12 -- six days later than ...

The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer aircraft is at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., completing final preparations before taking off on its record-setting flight. The window for the attempt opens on Jan.

An attempt to make the longest aircraft flight in history could begin as early as the middle of next week at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, US. Pilot Steve Fossett, holder of numerous ...

The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer is in position at Salina, Kan., to start its round-the-world flight as soon as next month, after its first cross-country flight from the Scaled Composites facility in ...

The aircraft barreling down the Kennedy Space Center runway Thursday did not come from space, but it was as unique as any NASA space shuttle. With a wingspan as wide as an 11-story building, and a ...