Richard Branson

Keen to sign up for space tourism? Here are 6 things to consider

July 29, 2021

Keen to sign up for space tourism? Here are 6 things to consider

Before you sign up assuming you're lucky enough to afford it, here are a few things to consider.

July 20, 2021
Jeff Bezos makes 11-minute space journey on his company's first passenger flight

The mission was part of a fiercely competitive battle between Bezos' Blue Origin and fellow billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic to tap a potentially lucrative space tourism market.
July 11, 2021
Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson reaches space aboard his rocket plane

The nearly 71-year-old Branson and five crewmates from his Virgin Galactic space tourism company reached an altitude of about 88 kilometers over the New Mexico desert.
July 11, 2021
Branson-Bezos space tourism rivalry gets nastier before flight

While billionaire Branson is set to fly to space aboard his Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity spaceplane on July 11, Amazon Founder Bezos is expected to take off in his own space tourism rocket on July 20.
November 09, 2020
Virgin Hyperloop hosts first human ride on new transport system

Virgin is working toward safety certification by 2025 and commercial operations by 2030.
February 09, 2017
Obama kitesurfs to outshine Branson

The former POTUS is on a holiday and he is living it up.