Sir Richard Branson speaks on stage with other crew members, after they flew into space aboard a Virgin Galactic vessel. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Share on Facebook ...

Billionaire and adventurer Sir Richard Branson flew to space aboard one of his own ships on July 11, ... But Branson isn't alone in his dream of offering out-of-this-world flights to paying customers.

UK businessman Sir Richard Branson is on his way to fulfilling a lifetime's ambition: flying to the edge of space. His Virgin Galactic rocket plane has taken off for a 1.5-hour mission which will ...

Sunday, July 11, 2021 marked the first time Sir Richard Branson flew to space aboard the Virgin Galactic (SPCE-2.29%) Unity spacecraft. It was a momentous occasion because it was a critical test ...

On Thursday afternoon, Virgin Galactic said its founder, British billionaire Sir Richard Branson, will attempt to go to space on July 11. Dubbed the "Unity 22" mission, this flight on the VSS ...

British billionaire Sir Richard Branson almost, but not quite, flew into space today as a passenger aboard the privately built and operated Virgin Galactic spaceplane, VSS Unity, which took off ...

It has been 12 months to the day since Sir Richard Branson briefly departed this world, only to make a feathery return back to Earth, landing on a hot, dusty runway in rural New Mexico. The flight ...

Sir Richard Branson will co-pilot a hydrogen “space balloon” that will float a small group of high-paying passengers higher into the stratosphere than any commercial balloon has gone before ...

He's intentionally playing down his achievements in the field; Branson is a lot of things, but he never was the kind to toot his own horn. His 1987 and 1991 hot-air balloon flights across the ...

Sir Richard Branson, the thrill-seeking billionaire behind the high-flying Virgin brand, has been announced as a co-pilot for Space Perspective’s first crewed test flight of commercialized ...

UK businessman Sir Richard Branson is on his way to fulfilling a lifetime's ambition: flying to the edge of space. His Virgin Galactic rocket plane has taken off for a 1.5-hour mission which will ...