When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Virgin Galactic shared an awe-inspiring video from the final flight of its VSS Unity spaceplane.

This was Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity's last flight. Six passengers and crew flew to an altitude of 54.4 miles (87.5 km).

Virgin Galactic’s VSS unity suborbital spaceplane lands at Spaceport America at the conclusion of the Galactic 06 flight Jan 26. Credit: Spaceport America WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic conducted its ...

Planetary scientist Alan Stern, who spearheaded NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto, enjoyed a spaceflight of his own Thursday, soaring to the edge of space and back aboard Virgin Galactic's winged ...

VSS Unity, attached to its VMS Eve mothership aircraft, takes off from Spaceport America June 8 on the Galactic 07 suborbital spaceflight. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust Updated 6:15 p.m. Eastern with ...

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. successfully completed the final commercial flight of the space tourism company’s Unity spacecraft Saturday, marking an important milestone for the firm. The Richard ...

The impressive flight cadence of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane won't last much longer. Unity flew for the sixth time in as many months last week, carrying two research scientists and another ...

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Three private citizens launched into space and landed safely back on Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity spacecraft, completing the company’s second spaceflight of 2024 and 12 missions to date. Virgin ...