Elon Musk has bought a ticket on one of rival billionaire Sir Richard Branson’s spaceship flights. (Reuters/AFP) “Elon’s a friend and maybe I’ll travel on one of his ships one day,” Mr Branson told ...

Google’s Sundar Pichai says he is “jealous” of Jeff Bezos’s rocket flight, as the new billionaire space race continues. Mr Bezos is set to go to space on 20 July, on board a spacecraft made by his own ...

LONDON—Two months ago, Richard Branson launched the Scarlet Lady, the first cruise ship in a globe-spanning travel and tourism empire bearing his Virgin Group brand. Today, the cruise ship business is ...

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. said it is pushing back the launch of full commercial service for private-astronaut trips until toward the end of next year as it works to improve its space vehicles. The ...

Mr Adrian Tan (right) penned his thoughts on Mr Richard Branson (left) who has been writing about Singapore and the death penalty. SINGAPORE — Mr Adrian Tan, president of the Law Society of Singapore ...

Virgin Galactic is one among a long line of flashy upstart businesses promoted by the English entrepreneur. By Michael J. de la Merced Founding a space exploration company was perhaps an unsurprising ...

Criticism of Richard Branson’s recent space sojourn crossed ideological and political boundaries. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders used it as an opportunity to renew his call “to tax billionaires,” ...

Richard Branson continues to be in a tight race to be the first to operate a large-scale business bringing tourists into space. On Tuesday, he moved closer to winning a different contest: being the ...

In anticipation of a COVID-19 patient surge and lack of space in intensive care units, some hospitals have limited transplant procedures, leaving thousands of Americans waiting for new organs in the ...

IT TOOK Olaf Scholz weeks to persuade Mark Branson to take the job as the next head of BaFin, Germany’s financial regulator. He was offering less pay for a bigger and tougher job than Mr Branson’s ...