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 ...

British billionaire and Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson is investing in Titusville-based Space Perspective, and he will co-pilot a pressurized capsule and enormous hydrogen balloon on the ...

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. SPCE shares closed up 3.5% on Wednesday after the company reported a net loss of $75 million for the third quarter, lower than the $105 million net loss reported in the ...

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 ...

Following the 2014 death of a Virgin Galactic SpaceShip pilot during a test flight, Richard Branson's dream of readily available (at $250,000 a ticket) recreational space flight endured the massive ...

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (AP) — After a lifetime of yearning to fly in space, Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson was poised to blast off aboard his own rocket ship Sunday in his boldest, grandest ...

Richard Branson and a crew of three others grazed the edge of space on Sunday in a rocket built by the British billionaire's company, Virgin Galactic. The flight ushers in a new chapter in the world ...

Virgin Galactic announced on Thursday that the space tourism company will attempt to launch its next test spaceflight on July 11, carrying founder Sir Richard Branson. Branson is aiming to beat fellow ...

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 ...

Virgin Galactic Holdings, the space tourism company founded by Richard Branson, said Thursday that its board of directors has sanctioned a 1-for-20 reverse stock split of the company’s common stock.

(Reuters) - British billionaire Richard Branson will take Virgin Galactic public by year-end, giving it the much-needed funds to take on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin in the race to space. The company will ...

Richard Branson says Virgin Galactic is on the verge of a major achievement: It will send astronauts into space by Christmas. The billionaire entrepreneur told CNN Business' Rachel Crane this week he ...