Branson also has a love of long-distance ballooning, so the Space Perspective trip should fit in his bucket list. He set a Guinness record in 1987 by crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a balloon, and then ...

A true adventurer must keep adventuring, and no one seems to know that better than business magnate Sir Richard Branson. The 74-year-old adventurer has just been confirmed as one of the pilots that ...

Read full article: Giant space balloon ‘Spaceship Neptune-Excelsior’ completes 2nd test flight in Titusville Space Perspective says it’s sold more than 1,800 tickets Composite image shared to Facebook ...

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 already saw the blackness of space traveling at nearly Mach 3 with his company Virgin Galactic. Now he’s going to take a slower approach. The billionaire is investing in Space ...

Following his July 2021 suborbital flight aboard Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson plans a near-space ride as co-pilot for Space Perspective’s first crewed balloon ...

Sir Richard Branson’s next mission: combating climate change. The billionaire British entrepreneur announced his latest initiative, Planetary Guardians, at a news conference Monday while in New York ...

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 ...

Sir Richard Branson has ruled out putting more money into his lossmaking space travel company Virgin Galactic, saying his business empire “does not have the deepest pockets” any more. Virgin Galactic, ...

“We’re delighted by Richard’s decision to join Jane and I as co-pilot on the first crewed flight, leveraging his deep experience in ballooning to ensure a successful maiden voyage,” said Taber ...