The sky over the Spaceport America in southern New Mexico was afire with lightning last night. The storm was sufficiently fierce to postpone Virgin Galactic’s planned rollout of its twin airships, ...

SPACEPORT AMERICA, N.M.—Early July 11, billionaire Richard Branson and five other crewmates briefly launched into space for the first fully crewed spaceflight of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo ...

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 from ...

The Bay Area reacted to Sunday's historic flight into space as people watched Virgin Galactic Founder Richard Branson and his crew of five return to earth. "I have dreamt of this moment since I was a ...

New camera views from the cockpit and carrier launch plane follow Richard Branson on his debut flight. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

One of the astronauts on Sunday's historic flight tries to summon the words to describe a few life-changing minutes. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family live 100% ...

The billionaire will ride on the company's space plane, which won't reach orbit. Branson is set to launch nine days before Jeff Bezos flies on his own company's rocket. See more stories on Insider's ...

After nearly two decades of overly optimistic forecasts, technical challenges, a tragic setback and a determined recovery, Richard Branson, the globe-trotting media mogul and founder of Virgin ...

Virgin Galactic has unveiled a dramatic new video of its billionaire founder Richard Branson and five others launching into suborbital space on company's VSS Unity spacecraft and it looks like a heck ...