With a rocket-powered test flight, the billionaire's space transportation company moves closer to its goal of shuttling tourists into space by 2014. Full story
Physicist Stephen Hawking confirms his non-stop zest for life and says he's signed up for a ride into suborbital space aboard Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has made its first powered flight, breaking the sound barrier in a test over the Mojave Desert that moves the company closer to its goal of flying paying passengers on brief hops into space. Full story
The Virgin Galactic suborbital SpaceShipTwo has completed a key flight test at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California — an on-the-fly appraisal that serves as an important precursor to upcoming hot-engine flights using its hybrid rocket motor. Full story
Contrary to rumor, Harry Potter novelist J.K. Rowling is not signed up to ride into space with Virgin Galactic, company founder Sir Richard Branson wrote in a tongue-in-cheek update Tuesday. Full story
FARNBOROUGH, England— Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the private space tourism company Virgin Galactic, unveiled plans today (July 11) to add satellite launches to its list of commercial space services, with the first flights to blast off in 2016. Full story
At the unveiling of Virgin Galactic's space port in New Mexico, Richard Branson talks about the future of space tourism, and predicts that he will eventually open space hotels.
George Whitesides, CEO of Virgin Galactic, talks about the future of space tourism.
Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson explains to MSNBC's Contessa Brewer how private enterprise will take the reins from NASA in the space race.
British entrepreneur Richard Branson discusses his announcement that Virgin American and Virgin Galactic will be the first to land in San Francisco International Airport’s new “Terminal 2.”
Sir Richard Branson says his Virgin Galactic “mothership” is complete and his megabrand will be ready to shuttle tourists into space in the next year.
Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson and pilot Mark Stucky celebrate the successful flight of SpaceShip2 under rocket power, its first ever since the program began in 2005. The spacecraft was dropped from its "mothership," WhiteKnight2 over the Mojave, Calif., area, Monday at high altitude before firin
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two flies over the Mojave Desert in California in this handout provided by Griffin Communications Group April 29, 2013. Owner Virgin Galactic plans to start flying passengers aboard SpaceShip Two as soon as test flights are complete, possibly later this year. REUTERS/Virg
MOJAVE, CA - DECEMBER 7: Virgin Galactic unveils its new SpaceShipTwo spacecraft at the Mojave Spaceport on December 7, 2009 near Mojave, California. The eight-person VSS Enterprise, named after the Star Trek ship of the same name, is the first of a series of space-planes for customers of Virgin Ga
Entrepreneur Richard Branson waves a model of the LauncherOne cargo spacecraft from a window of an actual size model of SpaceShipTwo on display, after Virgin Galactic's LauncherOne announcement and news conference, at the Farnborough Airshow 2012 in southern England in this July 11, 2012 file photo.
