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 ...

Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has been forced to ground all flights after a routine inspection revealed a part unintentionally fell off its plane mid-flight. The space tourism company says ...

Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic rocket plane is back in action after a gap of almost two years. The Unity vehicle, with two pilots and four passengers aboard, climbed high over the New ...

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An curved arrow pointing right. Founder and CEO Richard Branson unveiled the second generation Virgin Galactic space plane. It will fly lucky passengers up to space for 4 minutes of zero-gravity fun.

Billionaires, like Richard Branson and Elon Musk ... the richest man in the world, owns a plane through his holding company, Poplar Glen. Source: CNBC Bezos' Gulfstream G650ER jet seats eight ...

Richard Branson who owns Virgin Galactic kicked off ... For this space trip, Virgin Galactic will use its space plane called VSS Unity that takes off under the carrier aircraft, VMS Eve.

Virgin founder Richard Branson is known for his appetite for ... We started with just one plane and a simple idea: to make flying more enjoyable.” The challenges were enormous, from securing ...