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Virgin Galactic said an issue on its sixth commercial mission at no time posed “a safety impact to the vehicles or the crew on board.”

Sierra Space and NASA revealed the company's first Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft, which is undergoing testing before its inaugural spaceflight later this year.

Virgin Galactic launched its sixth commercial mission today (Jan. 26), sending four passengers to suborbital space and back.

Virgin Galactic's sixth commercial spaceflight may be just around the corner. The launch window for the Galactic 06 mission opens on Friday (Jan. 26).

The Air Force and Boeing developed the X-20 Dyna-Soar (Dynamic Soaring) from 1959 to 1962. Intended as a reusable recon and research craft boosted by a Titan rocket, the craft was also envisioned as a hypersonic bomber. Indeed, the X-20 had all the makings of a game-changing platform before it was cancelled in 1963.

Just saying. >> saturday night through sunday. sunday really. >> ainsley: brian has to get home. >> brian: you have a flight. >> ainsley: on sunday. steve, do, too. we might be live -- >> steve: or we might be hitching. >> adam: maybe. >> brian: thanks, adam. i saw the space plane. did you hear about the space plane. >> steve: i saw it take off. >> brian: this is probably something no one has seen before. >> ainsley: what does it look like? >> brian: looked like the hindenburg whats going on her...

The X-37B represents the pinnacle of spacecraft. Designed to operate in low-earth orbit, between 150 to 500 miles above the Earth, the X-37B is the first spaceship since the Space Shuttle with the ability to return to Earth and enable scientists to inspect and analyze space material

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched with the Pentagon's secretive X-37B experimental spacecraft on Friday.

Space X's Falcon Heavy rocket returned to the skies, launching a mysterious spacecraft for the U.S. military.

The Space Force's reusable, robotic craft is carrying classified experiments. There's no one on board.