Virgin Galactic chalks up successful supersonic test flight

Thursday's launch of SpaceShipTwo is the company's first powered flight since a 2014 crash that destroyed an earlier model and killed its pilot

• Apr 5, 2018

Virgin Galactic's Unity spaceship makes first powered flight

The successful test is the first rocket-powered flight since the deadly crash of the original ship in 2014

• Apr 5, 2018

Richard Branson investing in hyperloop project

British mogul calls the planned ultra-fast transportation service the "world's most revolutionary train"

• Oct 12, 2017

Obama sightings post-presidency

Obama's been enjoying a good deal of R&R since leaving office. See what he's been up to

• Jul 8, 2017
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Obama set to make post-presidency appearance in Chicago

The 44th president will participate in a conversation about community organizing and civic engagement on Monday at the University of Chicago

• Apr 21, 2017

Stephen Hawking making plans to travel into space

Hawking revealed that his dream of traveling to space could become a reality thanks to Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic

• Mar 21, 2017

Watch Obama kitesurf with Richard Branson in the British Virgin Islands

The former president seems to having some fun in his post-White House life

• Feb 7, 2017

Richard Branson on U.S. election and his death-defying excursions

Virgin Group founder talks about his concerns about President-elect Donald Trump, his hopes for unity, and his documentary on his harrowing excursions

• Nov 11, 2016

Why Virgin is shutting down its email -- for a time

Richard Branson’s management company says employees will get a “digital detox” one morning a week

• Sep 29, 2016

Billionaire Richard Branson: "I really thought I was going to die"

Virgin Group boss flies head first off bicycle in British Virgin Islands

• Aug 26, 2016

This US city may lead the way in supersonic flight

A startup called Boom Technology hopes to introduce the next generation of supersonic jets

• Apr 21, 2016

Virgin Galactic plans to launch satellites from jumbo jet

The aircraft will serve as an "airborne launch pad" shooting rockets into Earth's orbit

• Dec 4, 2015

Blue Origin successfully launches - and lands - rocket

The New Shepard spacecraft successfully completed a sub-orbital test fight in a major "space tourism" milestone

• Nov 24, 2015

Virgin Galactic pilot recounts harrowing free fall

He knew SpaceShipTwo had disintegrated but blacked out, remembered his parachute opening and the feeling of waking up midair

• Jul 29, 2015

Cause of Virgin Galactic spaceplane crash identified

Investigators complete their probe into the role of the pilots and other factors in deadly 2014 crash of SpaceShipTwo

• Jul 28, 2015

​Why Virgin is giving 1 year of paid parental leave

Media mogul Richard Branson says it's a smart business decision, but U.S. companies are unlikely to follow suit

• Jun 11, 2015

Russia to resume space tourism in 2018

As faith in the U.S. space tourism business teeters, Russia is relaunching efforts to put amateur astronauts in orbit

• Mar 24, 2015