A day after the deadly failed test flight of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, there were words of strength in the face of adversity. The pilots’ bravery cannot be overstated, Virgin Group ...

SpaceShipTwo disintegrated Friday, just two minutes after the space plane separated from the jet-powered aircraft that carried it aloft. At the time, it was about 45,000 feet above, and ...

SpaceShipTwo is a spacecraft that aims to take tourists on brief trips to suborbital space. Manufactured by The Spaceship Company, the vehicle is currently in the testing stage.

SpaceShipTwo is designed to carry eight people, including two pilots, to the edge of space. The 2014 accident over the Mojave Desert was a devastating blow to the commercial space travel industry.

SpaceShipTwo broke apart soon after it reached supersonic speeds and an altitude of around 50,000 feet. Its pilot says his parachute opened in a "gentlemanly" fashion, after he had fallen for a while.

Experts with experience of flying rocket-powered vehicles are closely studying images showing the breakup of SpaceShipTwo and pieces of the wreckage as they fell into the Mojave Desert. While they ...

While SpaceShipTwo builder Scaled Composites prepares the commercial spaceship for its first rocket-powered test flight, owner Virgin Galactic has been thinking about all the armchair astronauts ...

SpaceShipTwo reached space at 11:02 a.m. EST. "SpaceShipTwo, welcome to space," tweeted Virgin Galactic. The company considers an altitude of 50 miles to be the boundary of space.

SpaceShipTwo's L/D ended up being better than anticipated and the reward was some extra time to perform some clearing turns and a chance to hand over the controls to co-pilot Mike Alsbury for a ...

During SpaceShipTwo’s final flight – its first powered test in nine months – the NTSB found that co-pilot Michael Alsbury unlocked the tail wings too early, at Mach 0.8 rather than the ...

SpaceShipTwo disintegrated Friday, just two minutes after the space plane separated from the jet-powered aircraft that carried it aloft. At the time, it was about 45,000 feet above, and ...