LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Virgin Galactic successfully completed its first fully crewed spaceflight over the weekend. The company says its flight on Sunday was its first test flight with a full crew onboard ...

British billionaire Richard Branson’s space-tourism unit Virgin Galactic plans to go public later this year, the company announced Tuesday. The firm will list its shares as part of a merger deal with ...

People can once again reserve a space flight with Virgin Galactic. The company, founded by Richard Branson, plans to launch flights from New Mexico's Spaceport later this year. "During spaceflight, ...

Billionaire Richard Branson is moving Virgin Galactic's winged passenger rocket and more than 100 employees from California to a remote commercial launch and landing facility in southern New Mexico, ...

The spaceflight company founded by billionaire Richard Branson completed its effort Thursday to take paying customers for the first time to the edge of space. Once promising satellite-launch startup ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Federal Aviation Administration has tightened the official definition of an astronaut, meaning Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson have been stripped of the title, according to the ...

Shares of Virgin Galactic fell 3% in premarket trading Friday after founder Sir Richard Branson sold an additional portion of his ownership in the space company. Through Virgin Investments, he sold 10 ...

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (AP) — Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson is poised to blast off aboard his own rocket ship in his boldest, grandest adventure yet. The thrill-seeking billionaire is joining ...