Find out about the main events that have taken place on this day over the years.

The company paused commercial flights in June 2024 to develop its new "Delta class" spaceplanes. Ground testing for the new spaceplane is scheduled to begin in April, with flight tests to follow in ...

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 ...

In the span of five years, 92 different people boarded Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital rocket for brief flights to the edge of space. Those 17 human spaceflights from West Texas – some of which ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Federal Aviation Administration has tightened the official definition of an astronaut, meaning Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson have been stripped of the title, according to the ...

High-profile Canadian praises concept but says space tourists are 'just going to go up and fall back down again' ...