Jun. 6—It's almost time for VSS Unity to stand down. The spaceship's last commercial flight out of Spaceport America is Saturday. Then, it'll be all hands on deck for spaceflight company Virgin ...

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 has ramped up its ticket prices for trips to suborbital space to $750,000 (£568,000) per person ahead of plans to relaunch commercial flights in the autumn.

Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity flew its final flight (or so it said) in 2024, with commercial operations on hiatus until the ...

More than a year has gone by since Virgin Galactic last sent a group of civilian passengers to the edge of space from the New Mexico desert. In June 2024, six space tourists boarded the company's VSS ...

The battle of the billionaires hoping to claim their stake in outer space wages onward. This past weekend, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic spaceflight company successfully reached outer space for ...