On Thursday, the publicly traded spaceflight company Virgin Galactic shared on social media a new photo of its next-generation spaceship being towed outside of its factory in Mesa, Arizona. You ...

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

Event driven interest in Virgin Galactic stock Virgin Galactic Holdings (SPCE) is back in focus after excitement around the upcoming SpaceX IPO, renewed attention on space related stocks, and fresh ...

After a nearly two-year pause, Virgin Galactic says it’s on track to fly paying customers again before the end of this year. The company laid out its progress on its recent Q1 2026 earnings call, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Throughout the course of human spaceflight, astronauts have conducted research on anything from muscle atrophy in microgravity to ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University is set to send five Boilermakers on a research journey into space with the announcement of the final two crew members to take part in a Virgin Galactic ...

The mission, called "Operation Period," will be the first of its kind, according to the company. Two women from the nonprofit Operation Period will lead the research on the flight. The findings could ...

Purdue Univ. announced Sept. 23 it would fly a dedicated suborbital research mission with Virgin Galactic. Credit: Purdue University/Kelsey Lefever SYDNEY — Purdue University will conduct a dedicated ...