Chinese space startup Deep Blue Aerospace sold tickets for a 12-minute journey to space, which could take place as soon as ...

Virgin Galactic is proposing to raise $300 million in additional capital to accelerate production of suborbital spaceplanes and a mothership aircraft the company says can fuel its long-term growth.

"New Shepard astronauts ascend toward space at more than three times the speed of sound. They pass the Kármán line, the ...

This unusual-looking plane boasts a quadjet design and its purpose is to launch Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo from the ground, where it could be released at the appropriate altitude.

The rocket plane, known as Unity or SpaceShipTwo, which carried Sir Richard aloft, landed safely. In a short statement, the FAA said it was overseeing the investigation of the "July 11 ...

In 2009, Virgin Galactic unveiled SpaceShipTwo, named VSS Enterprise. Designed for suborbital flights, the spacecraft was built to carry six passengers and two pilots. The project aimed to create ...

While the SpaceShipOne won the XPrize, and SpaceShipTwo is currently undergoing flight testing, Rutan had been working on a twin-boomed carrier aircraft for decades. The goal is to carry a few ...

Eight people were on the suborbital mission: two pilots on the WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft, and two pilots and four spaceflight participants on the SpaceShipTwo spacecraft. The mishap involved ...

Virgin Galactic hopes to have the first official launch of its SpaceShipTwo by the end of 2014. At $250,000 per ticket, the company has attracted about 700 customers so far. Departing from the ...

But Spaceship Neptune passengers won't get to experience the weightlessness offered by Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket and ...

On 1994, President Bill Clinton signed the California Desert Protection Act, establishing Death Valley and Joshua Tree ...

The former Man United boss will reported receive the huge sum in compensation after his dismissal following a miserable start ...