Virgin Galactic was founded by Richard Branson in 2004, but it floundered in its early years with launching any working technology into space. Finally in 2018, the completed their first successful ...

British billionaire Richard Branson’s space-tourism unit Virgin Galactic plans to go public later this year, the company announced Tuesday. The firm will list its shares as part of a merger deal with ...

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 ...

Discover the fascinating evolution of space tourism in this comprehensive video, from Gherman Titov’s Vostok 2 mission to the ...

Virgin Galactic remains committed to becoming the first commercial human spaceflight provider this year, but it could entail just lofting co-founder and celebrity entrepreneur Richard Branson rather ...

Branson recently announced a new initiative called the "Planetary Guardians" a collective of leaders dedicated to elevating the science to keep the earth from hurtling past "planetary boundaries." ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shares of Virgin Galactic fell 3% in premarket trading Friday after founder Sir Richard Branson sold an additional portion of his ownership in the space company. Through Virgin Investments, he sold 10 ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Virgin Galactic successfully completed its first fully crewed spaceflight over the weekend. The company says its flight on Sunday was its first test flight with a full crew onboard ...