Space travel reimagined with ‘gentle’ journey in a huge balloon
Founder and CEO of Space Perspective Taber MacCallum joined "Varney & Co." Monday with insight into the latest travel venture in the space tourism race: a balloon.
Elon Musk visited Richard Branson at 3 a.m. before spaceflight
Richard Branson, who boasts a net worth of about $7.7 billion, tweeted a picture of the two billionaire space tycoons together on Sunday, the morning of the flight.
After Richard Branson’s spaceflight, Virgin Galactic floats $500M stock sale
Investors are pushing up Virgin Galactic shares following the aerospace company's successful Unity 22 mission on Sunday, in which Virgin Group founder Richard Branson and five other crewmates flew to suborbital space and back.
Virgin Galactic giving away two free seats on 2022 spaceflight
In addition to the seats, winners will be given an all-expenses paid trip to New Mexico and a tour of Spaceport America by Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson.
Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson reaches space in test flight, part of furious space tourism race
Richard Branson reached space on a test flight for Virgin Galactic before gliding back to earth and touching down safely Sunday, the latest salvo in the burgeoning space tourism business led by high-profile billionaires.
Virgin Galactic flubs livestream of Branson spaceflight, disappointing viewers
Viewers were left frustrated and disappointed by a lackluster livestream as Richard Branson flew into suborbital space on a Virgin Galactic test flight.
Jeff Bezos offers parting words as Richard Branson prepares space launch
Virgin Galactic CEO Richard Branson is set to leapfrog Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos to become the first billionaire in space when the British entrepreneur launches into space Sunday, nine days ahead of Bezos's first planned ascent.
Richard Branson's daughter reveals how billionaire space traveler is spending final hours before lift off
As billionaire Richard Branson braces to fly to the edge space Sunday, his daughter took to social media to reminisce about watching her father prepare for past adventures.
Blue Origin swipes at Virgin Galactic ahead of historic flight
Blue Origin took shots at competitor Virgin Galactic on Twitter Friday night, comparing offerings to customers using a recent Aerospace Research Central study.
Bezos' and Branson's fight for space billionaire supremacy: What to know
Here is everything you need to know about the upcoming flights and the men behind two of the biggest players in the aerospace industry
Branson, Bezos, Musk give space ETFs liftoff
As billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos race to outer orbit, space ETFs take off.
Richard Branson says Sunday spaceflight will turn 'dream into reality'
Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson teased in a special edition of his LinkedIn newsletter Thursday that he is ready to turn "dream into reality" with Sunday's suborbital spaceflight aboard the aerospace company's VSS Unity spacecraft.
Chinese researchers propose deflecting 'Armageddon' asteroids with rockets
Chinese researchers want to send more than 20 of China's largest rockets to practice turning away a sizable asteroid - a technique that may eventually be crucial if a killer rock is on a collision course with Earth.
Richard Branson gives inside tour of Virgin Galactic's Unity spacecraft
Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson gave NBC's "Today" show an all-access pass to the inside of the aerospace company's prized VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo on Tuesday.
Tropical Storm Elsa delays SpaceX Dragon undocking from International Space Station
The planned undocking of SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station has been delayed due to Tropical Storm Elsa.
Elon Musk takes aim at ULA, says parent company Lockheed 'darkened the skies with lobbyists'
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk is continuing his criticism of the United Launch Association for accepting government money.
Jeff Bezos picks female aerospace pioneer, 82, to launch into space with him
Jeff Bezoses, Amazon CEO and founder of aerospace company Blue Origin, has selected an 82-year-old female aerospace pioneer to travel to space with him on July 20.
Virgin Orbit releases rocket from Boeing 747 in mid-air to send satellites to space
Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit successfully used its unique mid-air launch system to send commercial satellites into orbit for the first time on Wednesday morning.
Relativity Space to open new Long Beach manufacturing headquarters
Relativity Space, a Long Beach, California-based aerospace company looking to take on Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin with the first 3D-printed rockets, has entered into a 16.5-year lease for a new 1 million square-foot headquarters in the city.
After delayed SpaceX launch, Musk says reform needed for humanity to 'become a spacefaring civilization'
SpaceX was seconds away from sending dozens of satellites into orbit aboard its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday when the launch was called off because an airplane entered its safety zone.

















