Richard Branson

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit announced Tuesday that its upcoming orbital mission, dubbed "Tubular Bells, Part One" after the first album recorded by Virgin Records, is on track to launch in the last week of June.

Shares of Virgin Galactic lifted off Monday after a successful first spaceflight from New Mexico's Spaceport America.

Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic announced Thursday morning that the next rocket-powered test flight of SpaceShipTwo "Unity" is targeted for Saturday.

Blue Origin's first phase of bidding for a seat onboard the company's reusable suborbital rocket New Shepard closed on Wednesday and the company reported its highest bid at $2.6 million dollars and rising.

Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is revaluating its next test flight and investors are not happy.

Sixty years to the day that NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space aboard the Freedom 7 rocket, U.S. business leaders are continuing to help the country make major strides in space exploration.

Virgin Galactic is working to reschedule its next test flight of its SpaceShipTwo Unity spacecraft.

The Silicon Valley-based company, which sells genetic testing kits direct-to-consumer, launched in 2006 and become sought-after for its saliva-based tests that aim to give people insight into their ancestry.

Virgin Hyperloop has revealed what a 45-minute trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco is going to look like.

A Virgin Galactic test flight Saturday ended prematurely as the spacecraft's rocket motor failed to ignite and it then glided down safely to its landing site in southern New Mexico.

Virgin Galactic is putting the world's first commercial spaceport to use later this month when it launches it's first spaceflight from Spaceport America in New Mexico, which the company expects to generate $1 billion a year annually. 

The seller is asking 4 million British pounds, or about $5.195 million for the 1.4-acre Tanyards Farm property outside Shamley Green, a village southwest of London.

The billionaire is eyeing undervalued American and European consumer-facing businesses in sectors where Virgin has had success, including travel, leisure, entertainment and financial services.

Virgin Atlantic announced 1,150 job cuts Friday despite completing a $1.6-billion restructuring plan aimed at rebuilding the company during the travel downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. 

The airline in April became the world’s largest to seek bankruptcy protection after the coronavirus pandemic grounded much of the aviation industry

Sky News is reporting that Virgin Atlantic is preparing to cut more than 1,000 jobs

LONDON - Virgin Atlantic's creditors will vote on a 1.2 billion pound ($1.6 billion) rescue plan on Tuesday in a crucial test of the airline's ability to survive in an industry devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Virgin Galactic unveiled the design for an upcoming high-speed aircraft this week that may be able to fly from New York to London in about 90 minutes.

Virgin Galactic showed off the interiors of its passenger spaceflight vehicle the VSS Unity.

Michael Colglazier will become CEO of the Mojave, California-based space travel company and join the Virgin Galactic board of directors as of July 20.