The carrier mothership VMS Eve took off from Spaceport America in New Mexico at 8:30 a.m. local time on Thursday, carrying the rocket-powered VSS Unity aircraft. On board Unity was 80-year-old Jon ...

It may be on the verge of sending its first paying passengers on tourism trips to the edge of space, but Virgin Galactic is also looking to use its technology to launch a high-speed global travel ...