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 ...

Billionaire Richard Branson soared to the edge of space aboard his rocket ship Sunday before returning safely to Earth as the first man to fund his own spacecraft. The Virgin Galactic founder along ...

Every time a relevant event occurs in the world, The Simpsons fans look for clues that the yellow family would have anticipated it. This time, the protagonist of a supposed premonition is Richard ...

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 ...

Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos are set to launch themselves just weeks apart, but the exact boundary and experience of their spaceflights has become a point of contention. Branson's Virgin Galactic ...

Discover the fascinating evolution of space tourism in this comprehensive video, from Gherman Titov’s Vostok 2 mission to the groundbreaking journeys of Dennis Tito, Virgin Galactic, and Blue Origin.

A rival to Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space tourism venture is wooing potential buyers who might wish to bring the prospect of space travel to the UAE. Andrew Nelson, COO of US-based XCOR ...