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Virgin Galactic shares veered sharply lower Monday after the spaceflight company said it’s made arrangements to sell up to $500 million in stock. The disclosure comes a day after founder Richard ...

Richard Branson has successfully touched the edge of space on board a Virgin Galactic flight. The Virgin boss was carried on board his company’s space plane in its first fully crewed test. As well as ...

Richard Branson will be "Astronaut 001" on the next SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceflight July 11, going to space days before Jeff Bezos flies on Blue Origin's New Shepard. Credit: Virgin Galactic ...

Richard Branson spent his morning hanging out with fellow billionaire and space baron Elon Musk. It's a show of solidarity between two of the most prominent figures in the commercial space industry ...

Richard Branson said his first trip to space Sunday exceeded his long-standing expectations. "I’ve always dreamt about what it would be like to be in space looking back at this incredible earth," ...

In 2004, British billionaire Richard Branson proclaimed he would fly into space on his company’s spaceship in just three years to kick off what he hoped would become a routine travel experience, ...

Welcome to the space race, billionaire edition. Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic, is set to launch into space on Sunday, weather and technical checks permitting. If the mission is ...

Virgin Galactic shares veered sharply lower Monday after the spaceflight company said it’s made arrangements to sell up to $500 million in stock. The disclosure comes a day after founder Richard ...