For example, Virgin Galactic replaced Eve's pylon after Branson's flight, which was called Unity 22. "The old design was strong enough and it had enough capability," Moses said of the pylon.

The flight was the fourth rocket-powered test mission of VSS Unity, which Virgin Galactic officially unveiled in February 2016. The other three powered tests occurred in April, May and July of ...

Trevor Beattie (UK) and Ron Rosano (US) flew on Virgin Galactic's Galactic 04 mission. Salim became the first Pakistani astronaut to fly to space. In the cabin was Virgin Galactic's chief astronaut ...

Despite a medley of organizations that manage space procurements, the Space Force and the intelligence community have stood up a coordinating group to make sure there is “unity of effort,” Lt ...

Unity carried two Virgin Galactic pilots and a company astronaut trainer, along with three paying customers: researcher Alan Stern, back right at window, European investment manager Ketty ...

The mission started at Virgin Galactic’s Spaceport America facility in New Mexico at 10:40 a.m. ET, with the carrier aircraft, VMS Eve, carrying Unity to an altitude of around 50,000 feet. After ...

Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, commander of Space Systems Command, speaks Feb. 23, 2022, at the National Security Space Association's Defense and Intelligence Space Conference.