Here’s a look at the life of the founder of Virgin Group, Ltd., Richard Branson. Personal Birth date: July 18, 1950 Birth place: Surrey, England Birth name: Richard Charles Nicholas Branson Father: ...

David Bowie releases the single “Space Oddity” 9 days before Apollo 11 lands on the moon. Project Apollo: At a press ...

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Deep within the Milky Way’s core, researchers have uncovered cold gas clouds racing through a superheated galactic wind.

China has conducted two spacewalks from its Tiangong space station in as many months and is advancing on its lunar ...

A groundbreaking new survey from China’s LHAASO observatory has unveiled powerful ultrahigh-energy gamma-ray emissions across ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and ...

On July 11, Virgin Galactic’s space plane V.S.S. Unity lit its rocket motor and flew to more than 53 miles above Earth’s surface, sending the company’s founder Richard Branson to the edge of ...

Virgin Galactic launched its seventh commercial spaceflight mission on June 8 during the final flight of its VSS Unity suborbital spaceplane.

Virgin Galactic Astronaut: My 20-Year Journey of Getting Ready for Space Travel Holding spaceflight tickets with three companies since 2001, Per Wimmer is every step along the way of the ...

Virgin Galactic takes first tourists to edge of space - as British ex-Olympian calls flight 'most exciting day of my life' The company, founded by Sir Richard Branson, took a former Olympian and ...

Thursday’s Virgin Galactic flight marked the first time the company has brought paying customers to space.