Branson&#39;s Virgin Group Plans to Offer Space Flights in 2007
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Virgin Group Ltd., owned by billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, said it formed a company called Virgin Galactic to offer commercial space flights starting in 2007.
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Entrepreneur and part-time daredevil Richard Branson plans to launch the world&#39;s first passenger service to space in 2007, offering zero-gravity flights for 110,000 pounds.
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LONDON - Britain&#39;s Sir Richard Branson reinforced his reputation as an entrepreneurial showman by announcing a US$100 million (S$170 million) plan to take well-heeled passengers, with him possibly being among the first, for a sub-orbital ride into space.
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British billionaire Richard Branson announced Monday that his company Virgin Atlantic airline will launch the world&#39;s first commercial space flight in near future.
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Sir Richard Branson, owner of the Virgin Group, announced on Monday that he would offer travelers the chance to go to the edge of space beginning in 2007, for $190,000 a ticket.
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LONDON -- Sir Richard Branson, airline mogul and adventurer, announced plans yesterday to boldly go where no private transport company has gone before -- into space.
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Sir Richard Branson is abandoning cyberspace as he heads for outer space. Branson, whose privately owned Virgin Group operates a wide range of businesses, on Monday announced plans to launch the world's first ...
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Virgin Atlantic honcho Richard Branson yesterday announced plans to boldly go where no airline company has gone before - outer space.
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Virgin is all over the map. Yesterday morning, Sir Richard Branson introduced to the world that he was ready to make astronauts of us all by 2007.
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This week, Sir Richard Branson announced his new company, Virgin Galactic, has the rights to the first commercial flights into space.
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British entrepreneur Richard Branson said Monday that his Virgin company plans to launch commercial space flights over the next few years.
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Space tourism, a long-cherished dream of mankind, is a step closer to being realised with the announcement by tycoon Richard Branson that his Virgin Atlantic airline has signed a technology licensing deal with a US company.
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Space company Virgin Galactic urges the government to allow it to launch passenger flights from the UK.
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Sir Richard Branson may want to send people into space, but first he&#39;ll have to grasp how to get his Virgin trains to arrive and leave anywhere on time.
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High-flying Brit entrepreneur Richard Branson today announced the imminent take-off of the &quot;VSS Virgin&quot; - a scaled-up version of Burt Rutan&#39;s SpacShipOne - which will offer well-to-do wannabe astronauts the chance of zero-grav flights for a mere Â£100,000
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"Star Trek" star William Shatner and former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Dave Navarro are among thousands who want to fly on Virgin's proposed commercial space flights, company chief Richard Branson said Friday.
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British entrepreneur Richard Branson said Monday that his company plans to launch commercial space flights over the next few years.