Virgin Galactic spaceship launched Sunday morning in New Mexico. Mission accomplished. Billionaire Sir Richard Branson flew to the lower edge of space and back to planet Earth on Sunday in the first ...

Billionaire Richard Branson’s space tourism company, Virgin Galactic, has confirmed that it will be flying its founder to space on its next test flight, on July 11. In the current space race for ...

Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic spaceflight touched the edge of space on Sunday morning for the company’s fourth crewed flight. The flight was successful and landed back in New Mexico roughly an ...

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (AP) — Swashbuckling entrepreneur Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday in his boldest adventure yet, beating out fellow billionaire ...

Space tourism company Virgin Galactic is looking forward to sending private astronauts to suborbital space and back, with an ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Federal Aviation Administration has tightened the official definition of an astronaut, meaning Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson have been stripped of the title, according to the ...

In this Sunday, July 11, 2021 file photo, the craft carrying Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson and other crew members takes off from Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, N.M. Virgin ...

Here’s a look at the life of the founder of Virgin Group, Ltd., Richard Branson. Personal Birth date: July 18, 1950 Birth place: Surrey, England Birth name: Richard Charles Nicholas Branson Father: ...

The Virgin Atlantic founder called his spouse his best friend, rock, and his guiding light in a social media post about her death.