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Virgin Galactic set for final spaceflight before two-year pause

WASHINGTON: Virgin Galactic is poised on Saturday for its last spaceflight before heading into a two-year pause on commercial operations to upgrade its fleet,...

Virgin Galactic falls as Richard Branson sells stake worth $300 million

Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings fell nearly 3% on Friday after its founder and British billionaire Richard Branson sold a portion of his stake...

Ashton Kutcher backs out of Virgin Galactic space flight, sells $200,000 ticket

LOS ANGELES, July 16 (Reuters) - Ten years ago actor Ashton Kutcher was planning to be among the first people to ride on Virgin Galactic's...

Virgin Galactic’s Branson soars to space aboard rocket plane

British billionaire Richard Branson on Sunday soared more than 50 miles above the New Mexico desert aboard his Virgin Galactic rocket plane and safely...

Branson set to fly to space aboard Virgin Galactic rocket plane

Decades after burnishing his reputation as a wealthy daredevil mogul in a series of boating and hot-air balloon expeditions, Richard Branson is poised to...

Branson’s Virgin Galactic cleared for takeoff as space tourism race heats up

Billionaire Richard Branson’s spaceship company Virgin Galactic said on Friday it received approval from the U.S. aviation safety regulator to fly people to space,...

In a first, a plane soars to the edge of space with a passenger

A Virgin Galactic rocket plane on Friday soared to the edge of space with a test passenger for the first time

First space tourist flights could come in 2019

Virgin Galactic, founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, and Blue Origin, by Amazon creator Jeff Bezos, are racing to be the first to finish their tests in the pursuit of space tourism.

Russia to start offering spacewalks for tourists

MOSCOW: Russia is planning to send paying tourists on the International Space Station out on spacewalks for the first time, an official from the...

Saudi Arabia to invest $1 billion in Virgin Galactic

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund on Thursday announced a $1 billion investment in  British billionaire Richard Branson's space tourism company Virgin Galactic. The announcement...
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