Air and Space

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit reached space on Sunday, eight months after the first demonstration flight of its air-launched rocket system failed, the company said.

A Hollywood man pleaded guilty Thursday to unsafely operating a drone that hit a Los Angeles police helicopter and forced it to make an emergency landing.

A Northern California man has pleaded guilty to assaulting two flight attendants while he was a passenger on a 2019 flight to New Mexico.

The U.S. Air Force is expected to announce Huntsville, Alabama as the location for the U.S. Space Command headquarters, according to Alabama's governor.

Indonesian rescuers found body parts, pieces of clothing and scraps of metal from the Java Sea early Sunday morning, a day after a Boeing 737-500 with 62 people onboard crashed after takeoff from Jakarta.

Indonesian rescuers found body parts, pieces of clothing and scraps of metal from the Java Sea early Sunday morning, a day after a Boeing 737-500 with 62 people onboard crashed after takeoff from Jakarta.

Virgin Galactic said Thursday it has completed analysis of why its spacecraft’s rocket failed to ignite during a test flight over New Mexico last month and work to fix the problem has begun.

Federal officials announced their final rules for drone operators, paving the way for safe aerial operations for both consumers and commercial applications.

American Airlines flew a Boeing 737 Max with passengers from Miami to New York on Tuesday, the first commercial flight in U.S. skies since it was grounded after two deadly crashes.

A Virgin Galactic test flight Saturday ended prematurely as the spacecraft's rocket motor failed to ignite and it then glided down safely to its landing site in southern New Mexico.