Richard Branson

Virgin Galactic spaceflight ticket sales open, shares skyrocket

Feb 16, 2022

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson surprised Schahaff with the news at her home in Antigua in early November.

Mum wins 2 tickets on Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space flight into Earth orbit

Nov 24, 2021

Two months after Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo landing, the public has learned Richard Branson's flight didn’t go as successfully as it was claimed.

Setback for Virgin Galactic! SpaceShipTwo GROUNDED as FAA probes Richard Branson’s flight

Sep 03, 2021
by HT Tech

Virgin's space experience involves an air-launched spaceplane, the VSS Unity (pic above), that takes off attached to the belly of a massive carrier plane from a runway at Spaceport America in New Mexico.

Virgin Galactic is restarting space tickets and prices start from $450,000, only

Aug 06, 2021

Virgin Galactic's passenger rocket plane VSS Unity, carrying billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson and his crew, lands after reaching the edge of space above Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, U.S., July 11, 2021. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

Virgin Galactic crew complete successful space flight with Richard Branson onboard: Here's how they pulled it off

Jul 11, 2021

Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson departs with his crew prior to boarding, for travel to the edge of space in Virgin Galactic's passenger rocket plane VSS Unity, near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, U.S., July 11, 2021. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

Virgin Galactic Space Flight date and time today: How to watch online as Richard Branson flies into space

Jul 11, 2021
by HT Tech

FILE PHOTO- Virgin Galactic Unity 22 space flight: With their space ventures, Richard Branson, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are looking to start a space tourism industry.

Richard Branson to beat Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos with Virgin Galactic Unity 22 space flight, gets these reactions from both

Jul 11, 2021
by HT Tech

Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic crew members enter the company's passenger rocket plane, the VSS Unity, in a still image from undated handout video taken at Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US Virgin Galactic/Handout via REUTERS.

Richard Branson ready for space launch aboard Virgin Galactic rocket plane

Jul 11, 2021

Jeff Bezos with a model of Blue Origin's Blue Moon lunar lander in Washington, left, and Richard Branson with Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket in Mojave, California.

Branson vs Bezos: Who's really going to win this Space Race?

Jul 10, 2021

Richard Branson, right, founder of Virgin Galactic, and company executives gather for photos outside the New York Stock Exchange before his company's IPO. Branson announced Thursday, July 1, he plans to fly into space this month on the next test flight of his Virgin Galactic rocket ship. The launch window will open July 11.

Richard Branson set to beat Jeff Bezos by nine days in space race

Jul 02, 2021