This was Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity's last flight. Six passengers and crew flew to an altitude of 54.4 miles (87.5 km).

Glide flights support pilot training and proficiency Ground crew, maintenance, and Mission Control teams build operational readiness ahead of new Spaceship operations New Spaceship glide flights ...

Unity was introduced to the public on February 19, 2016. The passenger spaceship was already under construction by the Spaceship Company — a Mojave, California-based subsidiary of Virgin Galactic at ...

A major turning point for private spaceflight occurred on June 21, 2004, when SpaceShipOne, the first nongovernmental crewed spacecraft, flew 62.5 miles (100 kilometers) above Earth's surface. In ...

Twenty-five years after the first space tourist paid $20 million to fly to the International Space Station, just 140 paying ...