The final test mission, called Unity 25, will fly four Virgin Galactic employees—two women and two men—using a VSS Unity spacecraft to about 55 miles in the sky for a 90-minute trip. The company said ...

Virgin Galactic’s shares surged the most on record after the space-tourism venture founded by Richard Branson announced that its long-awaited first commercial passenger mission will take off as soon ...

The company paused commercial flights in June 2024 to develop its new "Delta class" spaceplanes. Ground testing for the new spaceplane is scheduled to begin in April, with flight tests to follow.

The Virgin Galactic VSS Unity spaceplane carrying Richard Branson returns to Earth at Spaceport America, near Truth and Consequences, New Mexico on July 11, 2021. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty ...