SpaceShipTwo on its first glide flight Dec. 3 in the skies above Mojave, California. Credit: Virgin Galactic WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic’s second SpaceShipTwo performed its first free flight Dec. 3, ...

Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser engineering test article is suspended underneath a Columbia 234UT helicopter during a captive carry test Aug. 30 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Credit: ...

Virgin Galactic continues to make itself at home in New Mexico, today completing the second successful glide test of its VSS Unity spaceplane since relocating there earlier in the year. The unpowered ...

Two years ago, Virgin Galactic's first SpaceShipTwo tragically crashed during a test flight, killing one pilot and severely injuring the other. The company unveiled its successor back in February, the ...

Virgin Galactic's second SpaceShipTwo model, the VSS Unity built by Scaled Composites, was dropped from the carrier aircraft WhiteKnightTwo at 50,000 feet for its seventh glide test today. Virgin will ...

The US military successfully conducted a flight test of a glide body for future hypersonic weapons, the Department of Defense announced Friday morning. "Today we validated our design and are now ready ...

Sierra Nevada Corp. has announced that it has concluded its first successful atmospheric glide test. The Dream Chaser spacecraft landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Saturday. The ...

Virgin Galactic just came much closer to resuming its dreams of private spaceflight in the wake of its tragic crash from 2014. The company has successfully conducted the first glide test flight for ...

MOJAVE, Calif. – Virgin Galactic says the latest glide test of its space tourism rocket plane was a success, nearly reaching the speed of sound high over California. The spaceship, named Unity, was ...

Virgin Galactic successfully completed its second glide flight test in New Mexico on Thursday. The company said that after completing "an extensive data review" of the glide flight, it will begin ...