Take a Peek Inside Virgin Galactic's Space Plane
Virgin Galactic has offered a look inside its tourist space plane for those of us who can't afford the $250,000 ticket. The six-passenger SpaceShipTwo, a collaboration with London design agency...
View ArticleVirgin Galactic Stock Jumps 28% After Landmark Flight
Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street as investors regained an appetite for risk following two straight weeks of losses. The S&P 500 rose 1% Monday, with technology stocks leading the gains....
View ArticleAnother Billionaire Will Get to Space 9 Days Before Bezos
Jeff Bezos is going on what he calls his " greatest adventure " on July 20—but the Amazon founder won't be able to claim the title of "first billionaire to go to space in his own spacecraft." Virgin...
View ArticleBranson Invites Colbert to Host Launch Livestream
Richard Branson is going to space on Sunday— nine days before rival billionaire Jeff Bezos—and he's now lined up a celebrity host for the livestream. Branson invited Stephen Colbert to host the Sunday...
View ArticleBranson Earns His Wings, Returns After Reaching Space
Swashbuckling entrepreneur Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday in his boldest adventure yet, beating out fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos. The nearly 71-year-old...
View ArticleRichard Branson's 3am Visitor Before Space Flight: Elon Musk
Richard Branson got a visit from another billionaire in the wee hours of Sunday, just before his historic trip to space: Elon Musk. The Virgin Group founder tweeted a photo of himself with the...
View ArticleRichard Branson Got to Space. Now Comes the Hard Part
Richard Branson blasted off into space on Sunday and returned safe and sound, but the Wall Street Journal reports that perhaps a bigger challenge for Branson's Virgin Galactic company still lies ahead:...
View ArticleFAA Is Investigating Branson's Space Flight
Richard Branson famously became the first billionaire to rocket into space, just ahead of Jeff Bezos, but it seems that Branson's flight was a little rockier than first thought. Now the FAA is taking a...
View ArticlePrince William Calls Out Rich Men's Race to Space
Britain's Prince William has criticized some of the world's richest men for using their wealth to fund a new space race and space tourism rather than trying to fix the problems on Earth instead....
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