Private Spaceflight

Virgin Galactic's first "Delta-class" space plane, the newly named Apeiron, lifted off for the first time on Thursday (Oct. 29) — beneath the wings of its carrier aircraft.

Virgin Galactic has officially unveiled its first "Delta-class" space plane, and announced the results of the worldwide vote to choose its name.

Space tourism is about to make a comeback.

If Blue Origin goes public, it will have to meet the expectations of shareholders. Jeff Bezos may therefore want to establish a stronger business before committing to a listing.

Stoke is positioning Nova to fill the shoes of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, which is on the road to retirement.

A new spaceport will bring 10 launch pads to Louisiana's Gulf Coast and support thousands of Starship launches per year.

Virgin Galactic has pushed the resumption of its commercial flights back by a few months, to February 2027. The company hasn't been to space since June 2024.

Easley was a human computer for the agency who helped with building the Centaur upper-stage rocket.

Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire shortly after SpaceX debuted on the Nasdaq.

With the launch of SpaceX into the IPO frontier today, the space industry has its newest publicly traded juggernaut.