The ‘Galactic 01’ spaceflight successfully carried 13 research payload and three crew members from the Italian Air Force and the National Research Council of Italy.

Virgin Galactic announced the start of commercial spaceline operations. The first commercial spaceflight, ‘Galactic 01,’ is planned to fly between June 27-June 30, 2023.

Virgin Galactic has unveiled its newly completed SpaceShipTwo. The rollout ceremony was attended by Sir Richard Branson and his family, Virgin Galactic’s Future Astronauts, and partners. Professor Stephen Hawking named the new vehicle Virgin Spaceship (VSS) Unity via a recorded speech and said, “I would be very proud to fly on this spaceship.”

Y-3, the fashion line from designer Yohji Yamamoto and Adidas, is known for producing futuristic clothes. The shoes, with their big swooping soles, look like they should be standard issue on an interplanetary freighter. The clothes could be pulled out of Blade Runner. So, when Y-3 made the announcement that it's partnering with Virgin Galactic (the company working to develop commercial spaceflights) a crazy collaboration kind of actually makes to...