A new video from Virgin Galactic captures the emotional final flight of the VSS Unity space plane on June 8, as crowds watched the launch and four crew flew to space as part of the Galactic 07 ...

Today’s flight test was what we called a ‘captive carry’ flight, during which VSS Unity remained mated to our WhiteKnightTwo mothership (VMS Eve) for the entire flight from takeoff to landing.

This alignment pin, according to Virgin Galactic, helps ensure the VSS Unity spaceship is aligned to its carrier aircraft when mating the vehicles on the ground during pre-flight procedures.

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). Galactic O7 Space Tourists: Anand "Andy" Harish Sadhwani of California ...

The company’s VSS Unity was carrying four private astronauts, marking the first time a Virgin Galactic astronaut was not on board the spaceplane for support.

In June 2024, six space tourists boarded the company's VSS Unity spaceplane for what would be the vehicle's seventh and final civilian suborbital trip within about a year.

Virgin Galactic launched its spaceship, Unity, Saturday morning at Spaceport America. It's the company's twelfth flight, and the last one.

The flight took off from the Spaceport America runway, with VSS Unity attached to the carrier aircraft, VMS Eve. The vehicles climbed to an altitude of 50,000ft before Unity was released, at which ...

Virgin Galactic's mothership, VMS Eve, and the VSS Unity spaceship have reunited at Spaceport America for a final round of ground and flight tests. Here are the next steps before ...

The VSS Unity flight also operated with the aircraft’s silver-film thermal protection system applied to ensure the heat loads created by air friction during rocket-powered boost and supersonic ...