SAN FRANCISCO -- The Federal Aviation Administration has tightened the official definition of an astronaut, meaning Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson have been stripped of the title, according to the ...

The company is also looking at using its mothership aircraft that releases spacecraft at high altitude as a carrier platform for other customers. Virgin Galactic is deep into development of its new ...

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. said that it plans to charge more for its space tourism flights when it resumes sales in the first quarter of 2026.

LE BOURGET—Virgin Galactic is on track to start final assembly of the first Delta Class spaceplane at its new Phoenix, Arizona, facility within the next two months and remains on schedule to begin ...

An all-Purdue University crew is set to make history on a suborbital research flight with Virgin Galactic. Scheduled for launch in 2027, the mission, dubbed "Purdue 1," will see a professor, a student ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Building on its tremendous space legacy, Purdue University is pursuing a groundbreaking opportunity — research and learning aboard a Virgin Galactic suborbital spaceflight with ...

As Virgin Galactic continues assembly of the first of its new Delta-class spaceplanes, the company has revealed an early research mission will be flown with an all-Purdue University payload crew. The ...

Virgin Galactic is deep into development of its new Delta Class suborbital space planes, with both research and private astronaut flights expected to commence in the fall of 2026. Virgin Galactic is ...