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 ...

Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson said during a "Today" show interview that he's not competing with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to get to space first.

The spaceflight company founded by billionaire Richard Branson completed its effort Thursday to take paying customers for the first time to the edge of space. Once promising satellite-launch startup ...

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 ...

Virgin Galactic has unveiled a new spaceship just over year after that craft’s predecessor crashed during a test flight, killing one of its two pilots. The Long Beach company unveiled the new ship, ...

Billionaire Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson say he's determined to find out what went wrong during a test flight of his prototype space tourism rocket, killing one pilot and injuring another.

Space Is The New Hawai'i Wired's Jason Paur is optimistic that Branson can make the common dreams for safe, affordable space travel come true: "With more than 300 future passengers already putting up ...

Virgin Galactic‘s newest spacecraft is set to become a reality next year. Founded by Richard Branson in 2004, the space company confirmed plans to Bloomberg of their first flight to space set for 2026 ...

Sir Richard Branson’s ambitious plans for Virgin Galactic could see space tourists launching from Scottish soil in the near future, with the UK poised to play a key role in the future of space travel.