The aerospace and space travel company Virgin Galactic announced on Monday that a small alignment pin detached from its Galactic 06 spaceflight. The alignment pin detached from the launch pylon of the ...

Virgin Galactic lost a piece of hardware used to mate its VSS Unity suborbital space plane to its VMS Eve mothership aircraft during its most recent commercial spaceflight. The company said that ...

Virgin Galactic is grounded after the company said a small part unintentionally detached from the mothership of its rocket-powered space plane on its latest space tourism flight. The loss of the part, ...

'At no time did the detached alignment pin pose a safety impact to the vehicles or the crew on board.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Virgin Galactic is working with regulators to investigate an issue with an alignment pin that was discovered after the last crewed suborbital flight in January. During post-flight reviews, Virgin said ...

Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity suborbital spaceplane attached to its VMS Eve aircraft. Credit: Virgin Galactic WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic said Feb. 5 it is investigating why a pin fell from the ...