HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Virgin Galactic will postpone a SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceflight that had been scheduled for this month, electing to instead immediately begin an extended maintenance period for ...

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity performs a burn during July 11 flight. Credit: Virgin Galactic LOMPOC, Calif. — The Federal Aviation Administration will not allow Virgin Galactic to resume flights of its ...

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo may not fly again until it has government approval, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The FAA made the announcement Thursday, a day after reports emerged that ...

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has been cleared to fly again by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration following a probe into a mishap during its July spaceflight, the company announced Wednesday.

virgin galactic's space plane vss unity soars above the new mexican desert during a test flight Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo vehicle will carry four passengers on its inaugural commercial flight ...

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A space tourism rocket broke apart in flight over California's Mojave Desert after a device to slow the experimental spaceship's descent deployed too soon, federal investigators have determined.

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crashed on Friday during a test flight. The idea behind Richard Branson’s company is to send regular, non-astronauts into space, where they can experience weightlessness ...

In the end it came down to a simple, but fatal, mistake. Seconds into the fourth powered test of the SpaceShipTwo commercial space vehicle over the California desert last October 31, co-pilot Michael ...