The worst accident to hit the nascent private space sector occurred on Friday, October 31, 2014, after Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crashed in the Mojave Desert killing one of its two test pilots.

Virgin Galactic took a step closer to completing development of its space tourism system on Saturday. "It was flawless," Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier told CNBC about the flight. Virgin ...

As soon as Thursday, Virgin Galactic plans to fire the rocket motor of its spacecraft and fly to an altitude of more than 50 miles. If it accomplishes that goal, it would proclaim it has reached the ...

MOJAVE, Calif. -- Virgin Galactic's tourism spaceship climbed more than 50 miles high above California's Mojave Desert on Thursday, reaching for the first time what the company considers the boundary ...

The university known as the cradle of astronauts will soon send a few more folks to the final frontier. Twenty-eight alumni of Indiana-based Purdue have flown to space or been selected for spaceflight ...

Virgin Galactic is preparing to land among the stars. On Wednesday, Virgin Galactic said they were working on its final preparations at its base in New Mexico as the VSS Unity is scheduled to launch ...

new video loaded: NTSB: "Premature unlocking" of Virgin Galactic tail linked to crash National Transportation Safety Board officials say the pilots at the helm of a Virgin Galactic spaceship that ...

Shares of Virgin Galactic climbed as a notice from the Federal Aviation Administration indicated that the company's next spaceflight test is on track to launch as early as Saturday. An FAA notice ...

Virgin Galactic took a step closer to completing development of its space tourism system on Saturday, successfully flying its first spaceflight in more than two years. The company's spacecraft, named ...