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 ...

WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic is preparing for a new flight test Thursday that aims to fly higher and faster than before toward the edge of space. The US company run by British tycoon Richard Branson ...

MOJAVE, Calif. - Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo made its first powered flight Monday, breaking the sound barrier in a test over the Mojave Desert that moves the company closer to its goal of flying ...

Virgin Galactic launched its first spaceflight in nearly two years on Thursday, a key final test for the space-tourism company before it begins flying commercial passengers. Stream NBC 5 for free, ...

Virgin Galactic's rocket plane reached space for a second time in a test flight over California on Friday, climbing higher and faster than before while also carrying a crewmember to evaluate the ...

The race to put tourists into space seems to be a glacially slow one most of the time, and then BOOM -- it suddenly takes a supersonic leap forward. That's the case with Richard Branson's long-delayed ...