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 may sound like a lot of money, but it is only a fraction of the price of a flight on board the SpaceShipTwo spaceship operated by US provider Virgin Galactic. The tickets cost the equivalent ...

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

While that may sound like a lot of money, it's a fraction of the $600,000 it costs for a similar flight on board Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space plane. And soaring to the edge of space on ...

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.

Following his July 2021 suborbital flight aboard Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson plans a near-space ride as co-pilot for Space Perspective’s first crewed ...

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 ...

Problems plagued Virgin Galactic rocketship long before crash. "Engineers and subcontractors working on SpaceShipTwo spent years wrestling with difficulties," the Wall Street Journal reports ...