VSS Unity boosts into space after being released from VMS Eve at 9:17 a.m., about 45,000 feet above southern New Mexico.

Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane fires its rocket engine to launch two pilots and four passengers to suborbital space and back on the Galactic 07 mission on June 8, 2024. (Image credit ...

The VSS Unity space plane landed back at Spaceport America at 11:41 a.m. EDT (1541 GMT), marking only its seventh commercial spaceflight for Virgin Galactic and 12th crewed spaceflight overall.

The VSS Unity spaceplane, attached the VMS Eve mothership aircraft, took off from Spaceport America in New Mexico at 12 p.m. Eastern. Unity separated about 45 minutes later, igniting its hybrid ...

The Delta ships will carry six passengers, compared to the Unity’s capacity of four, and seat prices will be set at $600,000 — an increase of about $150,000 — as the company aims to turn a ...

A crew of three private citizens reached suborbital heights on board Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity spacecraft, marking the company’s second commercial flight and its first carrying space ...

SwRI scientist Alan Stern and crew mate Kellie Gerardi stand in front of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity. They're scheduled to fly to space as part of the company's "Galactic5" mission.