In June 2024, space tourism pioneer Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) launched its Unity spaceplane with a planeload of space tourists for the last time. In the months since, the company has continued ...

For one of Virgin Galactic's rivals, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, this is unqualifiedly good news. Blue Origin resumed flying space tourism flights of its own last month, and Unity's early retirement ...

Virgin Galactic's Unity spaceplane flew its last batch of space tourists on the Galactic 07 flight this past June, and entered into retirement shortly thereafter. The company hasn't flown a single ...

Last May I received this text message: “I know it’s been a while. We’re approaching our final space flight with our current spaceship. I thought this could be a great time for you to see the ...

Correction, Oct. 16, 2024: This story originally stated a team from Virgin Galactic traveled to an altitude of about 53 miles and crossed the Kármán line. That has been clarified, as the team did not ...

Virgin Galactic has announced a plan to restructure its debt and sell more shares. The goal is to push back the due date on debt until Virgin Galactic resumes space tourism flights. 10 stocks we like ...

Richard Branson is the founder of Virgin Group, a global conglomerate with holdings in aviation, space travel, telecommunications and financial services. He is the founder of Virgin Galactic, a ...