Virgin Galactic is an American aerospace company founded in 2004 by Richard Branson as part of the Virgin Group. The company specializes in commercial spaceflight, with a primary focus on suborbital space tourism for private individuals and researchers. Using its SpaceShipTwo vehicles, Virgin Galactic aims to make space travel accessible to non-professional astronauts. It is headquartered in California and has conducted multiple test flights toward its goal of regular passenger space missions.