Richard Branson arrives at the Keep a Child Alive's 6th Annual Black Ball in New York
Richard Branson arrives at the Keep a Child Alive's 6th Annual Black Ball at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York on October 15, 2009. UPI /Laura Cavanaugh
Latest Headlines
LAS CRUCES, N.M., Oct. 18 (UPI) -- The space tourism industry, despite a slow start amid speculation and doubts, is gaining momentum, an industry conference in New Mexico heard.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Space tourism company Virgin Galactic says it has signed a deal to give NASA scientists rides into space to conduct experiments.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- British businessman Richard Branson says he's joining a global shark conservation campaign by speaking out against the consumption of shark fin soup.
MOJAVE, Calif., Sept. 20 (UPI) -- A civilian space company has completed the first commercial spacecraft factory at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, company officials said.
NECKER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Actress Kate Winslet and her children escaped unharmed from a fire Monday that tore through the home of Richard Branson in the British Virgin Islands.
BRISBANE, Australia, July 7 (UPI) -- Fuel derived from eucalyptus trees could be the fuel of the future for the airline sector, says Virgin Group chief executive officer Sir Richard Branson.
LAS CRUCES, N.M., Oct. 25 (UPI) -- A private spaceship intended to carry tourists into space has touched down at the New Mexico spaceport that will become its home base, company officials said.
MOJAVE, Calif., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- A commercial suborbital spaceship made its first solo glide test from 45,000 feet to a landing at California's Mojave Air Space Port, its developer said.
LONDON, July 15 (UPI) -- British billionaire Richard Branson said he plans to celebrate his 60th birthday by kite-surfing from England to France in the English Channel.
LONDON, April 28 (UPI) -- Prosecutors in Britain allege Virgin Atlantic President Richard Branson was part of a price-fixing scheme with British Airways concerning fuel surcharges.
Quotes
United Press International
United Press International
United Press International
United Press International
United Press International
