SpaceNews

Virgin Galactic completes first commercial SpaceShipTwo suborbital flight

Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo vehicle glides back to Spaceport America after its Galactic 01 suborbital flight June 29. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust Updated 4:40 p.m. Eastern with ...
SpaceNews

Virgin Galactic sets late June date for first commercial SpaceShipTwo flight

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane, VSS Unity, on the Unity 25 test flight May 25. Credit: Virgin Galactic WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic announced June 15 that it plans to conduct the ...
SpaceRef

SpaceShipTwo Returns To Space With Crew Of Three

Today, Virgin Galactic conducted its fifth powered test flight and second space flight of its commercial SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity. Please find reporting materials below for news coverage and multimedia ...
SpaceRef

Virgin Galactic VSS Unity Completes First Supersonic Rocket-Powered Flight

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 ...
Aviation Week

Virgin Galactic Completes ‘Unity’ Glide Flight

Virgin Galactic completed the first glide flight of the updated SpaceShipTwo spaceplane VSS Unity from Spaceport America in New Mexico on April 26, paving the way for a return to rocket-powered ...