Virgin to Become the Worldâs First Commercial Space Tourism ...
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SpaceShipOne, which is solely funded by Paul G. Allen, was designed by aviation legend Burt Rutan and built by his company, Scaled Composites.
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London - British airline magnate Richard Branson announced a plan on Monday for the world&#39;s first commercial space flights, saying &quot;thousands&quot; of fee-paying astronauts could be sent into orbit in the near future.
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Richard Branson plans to fly the first commercial passengers into space. Let&#39;s hope we experience delays. This week Sir Richard Branson announced his plans to fly the first commercial passengers into space.
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&quot;Star Trek&quot; star William Shatner and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Dave Navarro are among thousands who want to fly on Virgin&#39;s proposed commercial space flights, company chief Richard Branson said Friday.
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Virgin CEO Richard Bransonâs Virgin Space Ship Enterprise Is Set To Set The World On Fire. We Dose Him With Cold Water With Our Rundown Of Things To Expect With The Launch Of Virgin Galactic.
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Sir Richard Branson has announced that the Virgin Group have set up a special company to offer commercial space flights by the year 2007.
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Airline magnate Richard Branson announced a hugely ambitious plan for the world's first commercial space flights, saying he would send &quot;thousands&quot; of fee-paying astronauts into orbit in the next five years.
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AUSTRALIAN bubbly would be available on Virgin&#39;s first flights into space, British tycoon Richard Branson promised today. The Virgin airlines founder hopes five space ships, each carrying five passengers and
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MORE than Â£800million has been pledged to Sir Richard Branson&#39;s space travel adventure - - years before the ship has even been built.
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LONDON  -- British airline magnate Richard Branson announced a hugely ambitious plan for the world's first commercial space flights, saying he would send "thousands" of fee-paying astronauts into orbit in the next five years.       Branson, a flamboyant communicator and high-profile tycoon, said his Virgin Atlantic airline had signed a technology licensing deal with the US company behind SpaceShipOne, which in June became the first private manned craft to travel to space...
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Sir Richard Branson is set to unveil a mock-up of the Virgin vehicle that will carry customers into space.
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Today, adventurous British entrepreneur Richard Branson formally announced that his Virgin transport, entertainment and communications company plans to launch commercial sub-orbital space flights by 2007.
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The successful X-Prize mission of Burt Rutan&#39;s SpaceShipOne last week was a major success for the commercial space industry. But although that success has led to the creation of space
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SIR Richard Branson has said one of the next projects he wants to undertake is building a Virgin hotel in space. The multi-millionaire entrepreneur is working on plans for Virgin Galactic Airways and has designers
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British billionaire Richard Branson unveiled a mockup of his Virgin Galactic civilian spaceship, vowing to do his part to make space travel a reality for millions of people.
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Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism faces a myriad of safety concerns &#151; in the sky and on the ground &#151; that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off.
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Richard Branson of Virgin plans to invest in efforts to find renewable, sustainable energy sources.