Virgin Galactic's Unity spaceship makes first powered flight

The successful test is the first rocket-powered flight since the deadly crash of the original ship in 2014

• Apr 5, 2018

Stephen Hawking making plans to travel into space

Hawking revealed that his dream of traveling to space could become a reality thanks to Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic

• Mar 21, 2017

Virgin Galactic gets space tourism operating license

The spaceflight company successfully completed a safety review, bringing it a step closer to sending tourists to space

• Aug 2, 2016

Virgin Galactic gets back in the space race

Over a year after a deadly test flight, new spaceship could bring the company one step closer to sending ordinary citizens to space

• Feb 20, 2016

Virgin Galactic plans to launch satellites from jumbo jet

The aircraft will serve as an "airborne launch pad" shooting rockets into Earth's orbit

• Dec 4, 2015

Blue Origin successfully launches - and lands - rocket

The New Shepard spacecraft successfully completed a sub-orbital test fight in a major "space tourism" milestone

• Nov 24, 2015

Virgin Galactic pilot recounts harrowing free fall

He knew SpaceShipTwo had disintegrated but blacked out, remembered his parachute opening and the feeling of waking up midair

• Jul 29, 2015

Cause of Virgin Galactic spaceplane crash identified

Investigators complete their probe into the role of the pilots and other factors in deadly 2014 crash of SpaceShipTwo

• Jul 28, 2015

United Arab Emirates launches space strategy

UAE Space Agency aims to become an industry leader with ambitious new plans, including a mission to Mars

• May 25, 2015

Zero-gravity cocktail glass for space tourism in style

When space tourists take off, they'll need this out-of-this-world glass to toast their trip

• Apr 3, 2015

Russia to resume space tourism in 2018

As faith in the U.S. space tourism business teeters, Russia is relaunching efforts to put amateur astronauts in orbit

• Mar 24, 2015