Virgin Orbit, Sir Richard Branson’s small satellite launch company, announced today that it has successfully completed a key drop test of its LauncherOne vehicle, the last major step in the ...

Last year, Virgin Galactic seemed to finally be hitting a stride toward making commercial suborbital spaceflight. The company flew its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane to the edge of space six times in six ...

Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE) has begun operations at the new ground-based test facility for its Delta Class spaceships, which are expected to enter commercial service in 2026. The new system ...

Virgin Media has partnered with SamKnows for new customer-orientated technical performance testing of its broadband network. The company recently completed an 18 month upgrade project to triple the ...

Virgin Galactic today announces the successful completion of the first phase of tests of the rocket motor that will propel space tourists, scientists and payloads into space. In the desert of southern ...

Correction, Oct. 16, 2024: This story originally stated a team from Virgin Galactic traveled to an altitude of about 53 miles and crossed the Kármán line. That has been clarified, as the team did not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Virgin Galactic launched its sub-orbital spaceplane "Unity" on its first crewed flight in two years, carrying two pilots and four ...

Although Virgin Galactic completed its first successful test flight in 2 years, its share price has dropped more than 30% from the recent peak which shows investors' pessimism. With more than 800 paid ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M (AP) — Virgin Galactic ...