Virgin Galactic: Latest SpaceShipTwo News, Photos and Video

Space tourism company Virgin Galactic may be sued by shareholders, a media report suggests, while Virgin Orbit is bleeding cash ahead of its first launch from the United Kingdom.

Virgin Galactic will partner with Axiom Space to give astronauts a brief weightless experience, and it has new suppliers to build the next-generation Delta spaceship in 2023.

Spaceport America and other private space launch facilities worldwide have a new entrant to the market: Canada, which aims to fly 'green' rockets in 2023.

Suborbital space tourism provider Virgin Galactic will delay its first commercial flight by about three months due to issues with upgrades to its mothership fleet, which carries spaceships aloft.

Virgin Galactic has acquired land for a new astronaut campus and training facility in New Mexico close to Spaceport America.

Suborbital space tourism provider Virgin Galactic could build up to six spaceships a year at its newly announced Arizona facility.

Suborbital space tourism provider Virgin Galactic announced a deal Wednesday (July 6) to build a new set of carrier planes.

Virgin Orbit's carrier plane, known as Cosmic Girl, is scheduled to lift off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California on Saturday (July 2) around 1:30 a.m. EDT.

Aspiring space tourists will need to wait a little longer before soaring into suborbital space with Virgin Galactic.

This month, the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will make the first fully-private, crewed flight to the International Space Station. The going price for a seat is US$55 million.