Richard Branson completes spaceflight in his own ship

Virgin Galactic spaceship Unity carrying a crew of four, including British billionaire Richard Branson, dabbled into space and returned to Earth safely, a live stream of the event showed on Sunday.......

In Space, On a Joyride

Will space tourism with a niche market of serving only the uber-rich ever be profitable, asks Kumar Abishek. IMAGE: Sir Richard Branson poses on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange ahead of......

Richard Branson to make spaceflight on July 11, ahead of Bezos

United Kingdom billionaire and founder of the Virgin Galactic company Richard Branson says he will make a spaceflight on July 11, earlier than Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. IMAGE: Founder of the......

Kalam meets India's would-be first space tourist

Film your experiences in outer space and show them to children to create awareness -- this was President A P J Abdul Kalam's advice to "travel freak" Santosh George, set to become India's first......

Will Virgin Galactic's crash end space tourism?

The wait for paying passengers to see Earth from the vantage point of space looked a lot longer on Friday, following the fatal crash of Virgin Galactic’s first spaceship, but aspiring space......

Images: Virgin SpaceShip2 makes first test flight!

The world is another step closer to space tourism now. You can book your place in space and join around 370 Virgin Galactic astronauts who will venture into space, soon. Tickets cost $200,000 and......

For Richard Branson, the sky's the limit

Richard Branson is making headlines on three continents. The serial entrepreneur is selling Virgin Mobile USA to partner Sprint-Nextel well below its IPO price. But his latest mediocre performance......

NRI offers space travel @ Rs 1.10 crore

Are you a billionaire and want to zip into the space for a quick ride? An NRI Sikh now offers you a chance to do just that. At a price.Dr Chirinjeev Kathuria, an NRI businessman and one of the......