The powered ascents will see Unity ignite its hybrid rocket motor to climb to the edge of space. These tests will set the stage for Virgin Galactic to introduce its commercial service. Branson ...

Applications in space tourism, such as Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, and various activities by university students, for example in the DLR-STERN program, demonstrate their potential. Hybrid rocket ...

Her first rocket flight into space was in November 2023 on a research mission with space tourism company Virgin Galactic.

Virgin Galactic suspended space tourism flights last year, and won't resume until next year. The company recently announced a collaboration with Redwire to install "research payload lockers" in ...

San Francisco, Billionaire Richard Branson 's space tourism company Virgin Galactic cut short the first rocket-powered test flight of its spaceplane from New Mexico in the US. The company had been ...

The spaceplane is carried by WhiteKnightTwo to an altitude of 8.5 miles, where upon release its hybrid rocket motor propels it to the Kármán line before it glides back to Earth. Virgin Galactic also ...

Virgin Galactic. Virgin Orbit has been developing an air-launched rocket, dubbed LauncherOne, for hauling small satellites to orbit. In January, its rocket carrying satellites into space suffered ...