Virgin Galactic plans to pause flights with its VSS Unity suborbital space plane next year to ramp up work on its next-generation 'Delta class' vehicles.

The team has announced that it’s currently targeting Thursday, May 25, for a mission that will see four crewmembers blasted to the edge of space aboard the rocket-powered VSS Unity plane.

Firefighters responded Tuesday to Arnold Palmer Regional Airport after a small plane had trouble with its landing gear. Those aboard the multi-engine plane at 1:30 p.m. learned from air traffic ...