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Virgin Galactic completed its third flight to the edge of space as it gears up to accept space tourists next year tlevin@businessinsider.com (Tim Levin) Virgin Galactic completed its third flight to the edge of space on Saturday. Richard Branson's space company aims to fly paying tourists to suborbital space starting in 2022. Shares of Virgin Galactic jumped following the successful test. Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic successfully completed its third crewed flight to the edge of space on Saturday following a botched attempt in December. The company's VSS Unity, a rocke...

FinancialBuzz.com’s latest The Buzz Show: Featuring Our Corporate News Recap on “Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. Soars Amid Successful Spaceflight Test” Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) surged over 20% in premarket trading after the company had completed its third spaceflight and the first ever spaceflight from Spaceport America, New Mexico on Saturday. Virgin Galactic fulfilled a number of test objectives during the flight, such as carrying scientific research experiments as part of NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program, tested the spaceship’s upgraded horizontal stabilize...

Associated Press Virgin Galactic completed its third spaceflight and the first-ever spaceflight from Spaceport America, N.M., on Saturday. Previous Next Sunday, May 23, 2021 1:00 am Virgin Galactic shuttle reaches edge of space MORGAN LEE | Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. – Virgin Galactic on Saturday made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle, as the company forges toward offering tourist flights to the edge of the Earth's atmosphere. High above the desert in a cloudless sky, VSS Unity ignited its rocket to hurtl...

Virgin Galactic on Saturday made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle, as the company forges toward offering tourist flights to the edge of the Earth's atmosphere. High above the desert in a cloudless sky, the VSS Unity ignited its rocket to hurtle the ship and two pilots toward space. A live feed by NASASpaceFlight.com showed the ship accelerating upward and confirmed a landing later via radar. Virgin Galactic announced that its VSS Unity shuttle accelerated to three times the speed of sound and reached an altitude of just over 55 miles...

Saturday's spaceflight made New Mexico the third U.S. state to launch humans into space.