Talks between the two are reportedly breaking down as Blue Origin works on the Blue Moon lunar lander and Sierra Space focuses on its Dream Chaser spaceplane.
Galactic 02 carried a Caribbean mother-daughter duo who won seats on board the company's VSS Unity spacecraft.
The mission took off on Thursday morning, a week after five passengers on board another extreme tourism venture were killed near the Titanic .
The submersible implosion that killed five people at the bottom of the ocean highlights risks associated with extreme tourism.
The company's shares jumped 40% after the company announced the start of its commercial spaceflight service.
Sierra Space's Dream Chaser vehicle just completed a vital test ahead of its much-anticipated debut.
The Richard Branson-founded company is seeking to resume its commercial flights in late June, with hundreds of customers reportedly waiting in line for a seat.
The company plans to launch its SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane on Thursday morning with a six-person crew on board.
The spaceplane landed this week after spending 276 days in orbit.
Axiom Space and Virgin Galactic are hoping to launch astronauts to space in late May, but these companies have very different missions in mind.
The experimental spacecraft secretly launched to space last summer, but very little has been shared about its mission, which appears to have ended.
Virgin Orbit may be dead, but Richard Branson's other space venture is getting closer to resuming its commercial space tourism services.
Dawn Aerospace performed previous tests of Mk-II with a jet engine, but the latest test with a rocket engine sets the company on a path towards space.
Dropped by a helicopter, the reusable vehicle approached the runway at speeds of over 200 miles per hour.
While the Mk-II Aurora will collect scientific data during upcoming tests, it's also a proof-of-concept for a later model that will launch satellites to orbit.
News of the test lifted Virgin Galactic's stock value by over 13%, but it's still not clear when tourist flights to space will resume.
The reusable vehicle set a new record during its sixth mission by spending 908 days in orbit.
The out-of-control core stage fell harmlessly into the ocean, but not before forcing airspace closures in Europe.
China's inaugural spaceplane mission in 2020 lasted for only two days, but this one just keeps on going.
The experimental mission to test China's reusable spaceplane continues to unfold in unexpected ways.
