Sir Richard Branson

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit takes off to for a key drop test of its high-altitude launch system for satellites from Mojave, California, July 10, 2019.

Virgin Orbit Is Finished After Disastrous U.K. Launch

Richard Branson’s space company, once worth billions, is officially dead.

Dan Ladden-Hall

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Richard Branson: We Must Protest Trump

The billionaire businessman and philanthropist discusses his new documentary ‘Don’t Look Down,’ the 2016 election, and the Brexit disaster.

Jen Yamato

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Say What?

Virgin CEO: Bush Is Our Teddy Roosevelt

In a talk with Neil DeGrasse Tyson at the Clinton Global Initiative, entrepreneur Richard Branson said George W. Bush will be remembered for his conservation, not for Iraq.

Nina Strochlic

PICKING UP THE PIECES

Clues From SpaceShipTwo’s Wreckage

An explosion may not have destroyed Virgin Galactic's space plane, according to photographic evidence.

Clive Irving

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Sky-High Hubris

Virgin Galactic: Flight Path to Disaster

Sir Richard Branson’s a consummate salesman, but his rhetoric and hopes got ahead of his company’s engineers.

Clive Irving

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Take Off

Pentagon Drafts Jeff Bezos for Spaceship

The gazillionaire tycoons have invested big in the space business. And the military likes what they’ve built.

Dave Majumdar