British billionaire and Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson is investing in Titusville-based Space Perspective, and he will co-pilot a pressurized capsule and enormous hydrogen balloon on the ...

Virgin Galactic spaceship launched Sunday morning in New Mexico. Mission accomplished. Billionaire Sir Richard Branson flew to the lower edge of space and back to planet Earth on Sunday in the first ...

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. -- Swashbuckling billionaire Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday, bringing astro-tourism a step closer to reality and beating out ...

A true adventurer must keep adventuring, and no one seems to know that better than business magnate Sir Richard Branson. The 74-year-old adventurer has just been confirmed as one of the pilots that ...

Richard Branson already saw the blackness of space traveling at nearly Mach 3 with his company Virgin Galactic. Now he’s going to take a slower approach. The billionaire is investing in Space ...

Branson made his first investments starting at age 13, gambling his pocket change on two ventures that failed miserably—but ...

Days after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced he was going to rocket into space, there is speculation that Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson will be trying to beat him to the final frontier.

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Branson also has a love of long-distance ballooning, so the Space Perspective trip should fit in his bucket list. He set a Guinness record in 1987 by crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a balloon, and then ...

“We’re delighted by Richard’s decision to join Jane and I as co-pilot on the first crewed flight, leveraging his deep experience in ballooning to ensure a successful maiden voyage,” said Taber ...