Virgin Galactic flights are currently grounded as the FAA investigates a detached alignment pin discovered on the mothership (VMS Eve) following the January 26 "Galactic 06" suborbital mission. Virgin ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane lights its rocket motor during the Galactic 06 suborbital mission, which launched on Jan.

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, ...