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The pioneering spirit and joyful life of late ‘Cranium’ creator Richard Tait, in his own words

Growing up as a child in Scotland, one of Richard Tait’s heroes was entrepreneur Richard Branson. After Tait co-founded board… Read More

Billionaire belly laughs: SNL’s space skit pokes fun at Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and Elon Musk

You know that the billionaire space race has entered the nation’s mainstream when it’s skewered by NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.”… Read More

Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin New Shepard crew capsule

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Bezos, Branson and the billionaire space race: What to watch when Amazon’s founder blasts off

Sir Richard Branson added new fuel to the billionaire space race July 11 when he and his Virgin Galactic crewmates floated… Read More

A tale of two spaceships: How Seattle tech titans helped launch suborbital space tours

The suborbital spaceships built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic spaceline may look totally… Read More

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson takes suborbital space trip, stealing the spotlight from Jeff Bezos

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson rode his company’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane into the skies over New Mexico today and did… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin fuels feud with Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic over suborbital space trips

Jeff Bezos has a longstanding rivalry with SpaceX’s Elon Musk, but now his Blue Origin space venture is upping the… Read More

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson plans July spaceflight to upstage Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin trip

The billionaire space race is on: Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson is on the crew for the next test flight… Read More

Virgin Galactic downplays rumblings about a suborbital Branson vs. Bezos space race

Would Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson try to steal a march on Blue Origin (and Amazon) founder Jeff Bezos when… Read More

Boeing to invest $20M in Virgin Galactic, marking a milestone team-up in commercial space

Boeing says it’s planning to invest $20 million in Virgin Galactic once it goes public, potentially unlocking a new level… Read More

Virgin Galactic begins moving space effort from California to New Mexico spaceport

After two successful crewed test flights to a 50-mile-high space milestone, Virgin Galactic says it’s shifting its operations from California… Read More

Virgin Galactic’s pilots get first commercial astronaut wings awarded in 15 years

Two Virgin Galactic test pilots are now wearing the first commercial astronaut wings to be awarded since SpaceShipOne’s historic spaceflights… Read More

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson talks up spacesuits and his countdown to space trip

Virgin Galactic’s billionaire founder, Richard Branson, today took the wraps off a partnership with Under Armour to create the spacesuit… Read More

What’s next for commercial spaceflight? Passengers will soon get their turn

MOJAVE, Calif. — The first suborbital space passenger is less likely to be a billionaire like Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson… Read More

Virgin Galactic sends its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane to 50-mile space milestone

MOJAVE, Calif. — Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, dubbed VSS Unity, has become the first privately funded vehicle in 14 years… Read More

Virgin Orbit puts flying launch pad through speedy taxi test with a rocket in its pocket

British billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit space venture notched another milestone over the Veterans Day weekend: the first high-speed taxi… Read More

Virgin Galactic signs onto a deal to bring spaceflights to future spaceport in Italy

Virgin Galactic and a pair of Italian companies today signed a framework agreement aimed at bringing Virgin Galactic’s launch system… Read More

Bezos, Musk and more: Space billionaires take the spotlight in books and on TV

Space is hard: That used to be the excuse for explaining why sending people into space would always be something… Read More

Virgin adds its investment (and its brand name) to Hyperloop One transit venture

British billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Group has invested in the Hyperloop One rapid-transit venture, which will soon be rebranded as… Read More

Richard Branson says SpaceShipTwo is set to blast off into space by year’s end

Virgin Galactic’s billionaire founder, Richard Branson, has been toning down his predictions about the SpaceShipTwo rocket plane’s future trips to… Read More

Q&A: Billionaire Richard Branson on Bill Gates’ tennis game, how he met Jeff Bezos, and more

At the age of 66, Virgin billionaire Richard Branson has seen a lot of entrepreneurs come and go, but he’s… Read More

From startup to shutdown: 6 tips for entrepreneurs from billionaire Richard Branson

Hundreds of entrepreneurs and VIPs converged on Seattle’s Pioneer Square today to get advice from one of the world’s flashiest… Read More

Richard Branson fears that Donald Trump is ruining politics for business leaders

Virgin Atlantic founder Richard Branson is clearly unhappy with President Donald Trump – and he thinks that a different sort of… Read More

How to boost women in business? There ought to be a law, Richard Branson says

To boost women’s status in business, Virgin billionaire Richard Branson says the United States and other countries should follow Norway’s… Read More

Live Video: Watch Richard Branson’s excellent entrepreneurial adventure

Not everyone can get in to the VIP business forum that Virgin Atlantic’s billionaire founder, Richard Branson, has organized in… Read More

Richard Branson has warm words for Seattle, cold criticism for Alaska Air

British billionaire Richard Branson kicked off Virgin Atlantic’s nonstop service from London to Seattle today with a rhetorical kiss for the Emerald… Read More

Virgin Atlantic and its founder, Richard Branson, bring London buzz to Seattle

Virgin Atlantic inaugurated its nonstop service between London and Seattle today with the glitz that’s typically associated with the airline’s… Read More

‘The Day the Music Died’? Billionaire Richard Branson mourns Virgin America

The Virgin Group’s billionaire founder, Richard Branson, says “many tears” are being shed over Alaska Airlines’ decision to retire the… Read More

Boom moves ahead on supersonic plane project, with help from Virgin Galactic

Remember the Concorde? Boom Technology has picked up a high-profile set of allies in its quest to revive supersonic passenger… Read More

Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin highlight small steps toward giant space leaps

In the past few weeks, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space venture and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture have both… Read More

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson ribs space billionaires amid Blue Origin buzz

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture may have done another flight test, and Elon Musk’s SpaceX is making… Read More