Space is an unnatural environment for humans. We can't survive unprotected in a pure vacuum for more than two minutes.

Space travel comes with risk − and SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission will push the envelope further than any private mission has ...

Virgin Galactic hopes to have the first official launch of its SpaceShipTwo by the end of 2014. At $250,000 per ticket, the company has attracted about 700 customers so far. Departing from the ...

The second great work of art to come out of the Polaris Dawn mission was a musical performance that took place partly in ...

The rocket plane, known as Unity or SpaceShipTwo, which carried Sir Richard aloft, landed safely. In a short statement, the FAA said it was overseeing the investigation of the "July 11 ...

While the SpaceShipOne won the XPrize, and SpaceShipTwo is currently undergoing flight testing, Rutan had been working on a twin-boomed carrier aircraft for decades. The goal is to carry a few ...

The firm's SpaceShipTwo passenger rocket ship reached a height of 82.7km, beyond the altitude at which US agencies have awarded astronaut wings. It marked the plane's fourth test flight and ...

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo," Doug Young, NG's vice president of missile defense and advanced missions said in a statement. "We plan to bundle proven technologies into our concept that we ...

No civilian has died in space, but one pilot died and another was seriously injured in a test flight of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo craft in 2014. This accident followed three deaths and three ...

No civilian has died in space, but one pilot died and another was seriously injured in a test flight of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo craft in 2014. This accident followed three deaths and ...