Richard Branson

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson Wins Billionaire Space Race

The company's founder called Sunday's successful test flight "the dawn of a new space age."

Space & Spaceflight Alyse Stanley Jul 11

How to Watch Virgin Galactic Launch Billionaire Richard Branson to Space on Sunday

The space tourism company is putting on a show for its founder's first flight.

Tech News Alyse Stanley Jul 10

In Big Middle Finger to Bezos, Richard Branson Set to Become the First Billionaire in Space

On July 11, the Virgin Galactic founder will be "testing the private astronaut experience" aboard the VSS Unity.

Tech News Alyse Stanley Jul 2

When Will Regular People Be Able to Visit the Moon?

“Admittedly these customers are not ‘regular people’—they are extremely rich people.”

Tech News Daniel Kolitz Jun 28

Virgin Galactic Gets Official Clearance to Start Flying Paying Customers to Space

Company founder Richard Branson is now in a position to reach space before Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Jun 25

A Mysterious Bidder Just Paid $28 Million to Fly to Space With Jeff Bezos on July 20

Blue Origin will reveal the name of the winning bidder, as well as the fourth crew member, in the upcoming weeks.

Space & Spaceflight Jody Serrano Jun 13

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity Nails Its First Space Flight in Two Years

Space tourism really is the hot topic among billionaires nowadays, and some of them are getting closer to making it a reality. On Saturday, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic made room for itself in the race, successfully launching its spaceplane to space after more than two years. The flight is a step forward for the company…

Space & Spaceflight Jody Serrano May 23

Virgin Galactic Chairman Cashes Out Entire Personal Stake in Space Tourism Company

The chairman of space tourism company Virgin Galactic, Chamath Palihapitiya, has sold his entire personal stake in the company for $211 million, according to a new regulatory filing with the SEC made public on Friday and first noticed by Bloomberg News. Palihapitiya still indirectly owns millions of shares through an investment company. Palihapitiya, who’s reportedly…

Space & Spaceflight Matt Novak Mar 5

23andMe Is Going Public

Genetics testing giant 23andMe is officially going public. The company announced on Thursday that this new offering comes courtesy of a merger between 23andMe and VG Acquisition Corp: a “special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, set up by noted billionaire Richard Branson. Per 23andMe’s announcement, the company’s cash balance at the end of the day…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky Feb 4

Virgin Orbit Carries Out Its First Successful Rocket Drop Test From Modified Boeing 747

Virgin Orbit, the sister company of spaceflight company Virgin Galactic, nailed its first-ever drop test on Wednesday using a dummy LauncherOne rocket deployed from a Boeing 747 carrier named Cosmic Girl, Space.com reported. The test didn’t involve an actual rocket launch—the Boeing 747 carrier just dropped its 70-foot (21-meter) rocket some 35,000 feet (about 10,670…

Space & Spaceflight Tom McKay Jul 10

Blasting Rich People Into Space Is Better Business Than Uber, Somehow

Virgin Galactic is preparing to become the first publicly traded spaceflight company, and the venture is setting a course to be profitable by August 2021, which would put it lightyears ahead of the profitability projections of another transportation-based company that simply moves people around on Earth: Uber. The Wall Street Journal reports that Virgin Galactic…

Space & Spaceflight Jennings Brown Jul 9

Historic Virgin Galactic Flight Reminds Us That ‘Space’ Is Just a Concept, Man

Earlier today, Virgin Galactic sent its SpaceShipTwo commercial aircraft into space, a historic first for the private company. But at a maximum altitude of 51.4 miles (82.68 kilometers), the spaceplane fell 10.6 miles (17.32 kilometers) short of the Karman line—the internationally recognized boundary separating the atmosphere from space. Prompting the inevitable question: What the hell…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Dec 13

Richard Branson Says He’s Going to Send People Into Space by Christmas

Billionaire Richard Branson really, really wants you to believe he’s going to send people to space—and soon. In a new interview with CNN, the Virgin Group founder now says he’s “reasonably confident” his spaceflight company can beat out competitors like Blue Origin and SpaceX with crewed trips to space before Christmas. Pointing to Branson’s long-touted…

Space & Spaceflight Catie Keck Dec 1

Virgin Orbit Plane Completes Test Flight With Attached Rocket

A Virgin Orbit plane took off with a rocket under its wing on Sunday, marking a successful test flight for the company that hopes to provide satellite-launching services. Scientists and businesses are increasingly launching smaller satellites for research or communications purposes, but there are limited options for getting these smaller satellites into space. Virgin Group’s…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum Nov 19

Uber CEO Backs Out of Saudi Conference After Suspected State-Sanctioned Murder of Washington Post Journalist

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has said that he’ll pull out of a conference in Saudi Arabia called the Future Investment Initiative. The conference, known informally as Davos in the Desert, has become a focal point for people upset about the October 2 disappearance of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, believed to have been murdered in…

Tech News Matt Novak Oct 12

Inaugural Virgin Galactic Spaceflight Expected in ‘Weeks Not Months,’ Says CEO Richard Branson

British billionaire Richard Branson says Virgin Galactic—after years of promises and delays—is just weeks away from conducting its first suborbital test flight. Branson, the founder and CEO of Virgin Galactic, has been investing in this venture since 2004, but if the comments he made yesterday at the Barclays Asia Forum in Singapore are to be…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Oct 10

Virgin Galactic Spaceplane Makes First Powered Flight Since Deadly 2014 Disaster

Earlier today, the VSS Unity went supersonic during crewed tests, reaching speeds of 1,220 miles per hour. It’s the first powered flight of Virgin Galactic’s new SpaceShipTwo aircraft, and the first flight since the 2014 disaster in which a pilot was killed and a co-pilot severely injured. After detaching from the carrier mothership VMS Eve,…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Apr 5

Richard Branson Creates New Space Venture to Launch Government and Military Spacecrafts

Richard Branson could play a part in our upcoming star wars. The billionaire’s satellite-launch company Virgin Orbit has started a new venture, Vox Space, aimed at wooing government clients. The Vox Space website states that the Manhattan Beach, California-based company “provides the national security community of the USA and allied nations with responsive, dedicated, and…

Privacy & Security Jennings Brown Nov 1

Richard Branson Is Having a Weird Sleepover With ‘Young People’ During Hurricane Irma

Let’s talk about a few facts. Billionaire party enthusiast Richard Branson owns a private isle in the Virgin Islands. Branson’s island sits squarely in the path of Hurricane Irma, one the strongest storms the Atlantic has ever seen. Rather than retreat to a safer location, Branson has collected a mysterious group of “young people” for…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Sep 6

Richard Branson Announces New Space Company, Tries Pulling a Reverse Musk™

“I hope in five years a reusable rocket will have been developed which can take up to 10 people at a time to stay at the Virgin Hotel for two weeks,” Richard Branson proudly announced back in 1999. We’re still waiting on Branson’s Virgin Galactic to take tourists into space, despite the promises of the…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 2

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson Wins Billionaire Space Race

How to Watch Virgin Galactic Launch Billionaire Richard Branson to Space on Sunday

In Big Middle Finger to Bezos, Richard Branson Set to Become the First Billionaire in Space

When Will Regular People Be Able to Visit the Moon?

Virgin Galactic Gets Official Clearance to Start Flying Paying Customers to Space

A Mysterious Bidder Just Paid $28 Million to Fly to Space With Jeff Bezos on July 20

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity Nails Its First Space Flight in Two Years

Virgin Galactic Chairman Cashes Out Entire Personal Stake in Space Tourism Company

23andMe Is Going Public

Virgin Orbit Carries Out Its First Successful Rocket Drop Test From Modified Boeing 747

Blasting Rich People Into Space Is Better Business Than Uber, Somehow

Historic Virgin Galactic Flight Reminds Us That ‘Space’ Is Just a Concept, Man

Richard Branson Says He’s Going to Send People Into Space by Christmas

Virgin Orbit Plane Completes Test Flight With Attached Rocket

Uber CEO Backs Out of Saudi Conference After Suspected State-Sanctioned Murder of Washington Post Journalist

Inaugural Virgin Galactic Spaceflight Expected in ‘Weeks Not Months,’ Says CEO Richard Branson

Virgin Galactic Spaceplane Makes First Powered Flight Since Deadly 2014 Disaster

Richard Branson Creates New Space Venture to Launch Government and Military Spacecrafts

Richard Branson Is Having a Weird Sleepover With ‘Young People’ During Hurricane Irma

Richard Branson Announces New Space Company, Tries Pulling a Reverse Musk™

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