Blue Origin paused its space tourism program in Texas, leaving Virgin Galactic to fill the void. Richard Branson's company ...

Virgin Galactic was supposed to lead the space tourism revolution—but things didn’t go as planned. After early success and global hype, the company struggled with safety concerns, financial losses, ...

LOS ANGELES — Virgin Galactic rolled out a new version of its SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket Friday as it prepares to return to flight testing for the first time since a 2014 accident destroyed the ...

Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic have paused their suborbital flights, leaving customers and analysts questioning the future ...

This was CNBC's live blog covering Virgin Galactic's first commercial spaceflight, Galactic 01. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Space tourism company Virgin Galactic, founded ...

Women made history in space on Thursday. Four women were part of a crew of six for Galactic 02, the first Virgin Galactic private astronaut spaceflight. That's the most women on a single space flight.

British billionaire Richard Branson’s space-tourism unit Virgin Galactic plans to go public later this year, the company announced Tuesday. The firm will list its shares as part of a merger deal with ...

“The space launch later this year is going to be really important, particularly now that Blue Origin seems to have bowed out of putting people into space,” Branson said via livestream to a space ...

The Virgin Galactic space tourism company, owned by British magnate Richard Branson, announced that since August it has sold more than 100 tickets to travel to space on future missions. The price of ...

Virgin Galactic posted a video on Wednesday (Aug. 7) showcasing an animation of its new Delta class space plane, which is expected to enter service in 2026. Virgin Galactic has completed its new multi ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. For most people, getting to the stars is nothing more ...