Update 12:57 p.m. EDT: Richard Branson and the Unity 22 crew have safely landed back at Spaceport America. Read the full story here. On July 11, Virgin Galactic made a giant leap toward commercial ...

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SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity has safely and successfully completed her first supersonic, rocket-powered flight. After two years of extensive ground and atmospheric testing, the passing of this milestone ...

VSS Unity, attached to its VMS Eve mothership aircraft, takes off from Spaceport America June 8 on the Galactic 07 suborbital spaceflight. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust Updated 6:15 p.m. Eastern with ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – Virgin Galactic has announced that pending weather and technical checks, its next test flight of SpaceShipTwo Unity will take place on May 22. The flight follows a ...