Virgin Galactic conducted a historic first supersonic test flight of SpaceShipTwo on April 29, 2013, in the Mojave Desert, CA. [See full story.] Virgin Galactic conducted a historic first supersonic ...

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.

Virgin Galactic's reusable spaceplane, VSS Unity, will launch its second commercial spaceflight mission today (Aug. 10). Here's how to follow the action. Virgin Galactic will launch six people to ...

Virgin Galactic has completed its fifth test flight in space. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic has achieved another successful flight, bringing more people to greater speeds and heights in space. Chief ...

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The unfortunate accident occurred yesterday afternoon over California's Mojave Desert, killing one pilot and leaving another seriously injured. According to Associated Press report, a California ...

MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) - A winged spaceship designed to take tourists on excursions beyond Earth's atmosphere exploded during a test flight Friday over the Mojave Desert, killing a pilot in the second ...

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio plans to fly to space on Virgin Galactic's new commercial spaceliner, along with the winning bidder in a charity auction at the Cannes film festival, according to news reports.

Preparations for the start of captive carriage flight tests of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2) are underway following the unveiling of the vehicle in a staged event in Mojave, Calif., Dec 7.

MOJAVE, Calif. -- Investigators say Virgin Galactic's experimental spaceship broke apart in flight over the Mojave Desert after a device to slow the craft's descent prematurely deployed. National ...

Today one test pilot died when Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo crashed in the Mojave desert. A second pilot was evacuated to a hospital. It's not clear why the crash occurred. SpaceShipTwo had been ...