The Space Race on MSN

This was the future of space travel – and then it started collapsing

Virgin Galactic was supposed to lead the space tourism revolution—but things didn’t go as planned. After early success and global hype, the company struggled with safety concerns, financial losses, ...

Bezos pauses space tourism. Can Branson’s Virgin Galactic 'fill that gap?'

Blue Origin paused its space tourism program in Texas, leaving Virgin Galactic to fill the void. Richard Branson's company ...
NBC Los Angeles

Virgin Galactic Completes First Commercial Flight in Major Step for Space Tourism Company

This was CNBC's live blog covering Virgin Galactic's first commercial spaceflight, Galactic 01. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Space tourism company Virgin Galactic, founded ...

Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic have paused flights. What's the future for suborbital space tourism?

Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic have paused their suborbital flights, leaving customers and analysts questioning the future ...
WSB-TV

Ready for blastoff: Virgin Galactic to launch first commercial space flight

While Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk have been winning the billionaire space race, Richard Branson is finally getting space tourism misison off the ground. Branson’s Virgin Galactic will launch Galactic 01 ...
Aviation Station on MSN

Virgin Galactic grounded! What happened and what happens next?

Virgin Galactic has found itself in a tough spot after it was grounded from any more space flights. Apparently, during the star-studded flight to orbit last month, the plane went off course for ...
KERO-TV

Virgin Galactic completes first commercial space flight

Virgin Galactic successfully completed its first commercial space flight on Thursday. Six people were on the Galactic 01 spaceflight. Three of them were from the Italian Air Force and the National ...
Robb Report

Virgin Galactic’s New 6-Person Spacecraft Will Launch Next Year

Virgin Galactic’s newest spacecraft is one step closer to the cosmos. The space company, founded by Richard Branson back in 2004, plans to have its revamped Delta spacecraft undergo its first flight ...
KGUN 9

Virgin Galactic resumes ticket sales for space flights

People can once again reserve a space flight with Virgin Galactic. The company, founded by Richard Branson, plans to launch flights from New Mexico's Spaceport later this year. "During spaceflight, ...
EDN

The first commercial space flight casualty: Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo destroyed and a pilot dies

The worst accident to hit the nascent private space sector occurred on Friday, October 31, 2014, after Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crashed in the Mojave Desert killing one of its two test pilots.
abc13

Virgin Galactic launch: Tourism spaceship reaches space on test flight over Mojave Desert

MOJAVE, Calif. -- Virgin Galactic's tourism spaceship climbed more than 50 miles high above California's Mojave Desert on Thursday, reaching for the first time what the company considers the boundary ...