Virgin Galactic vehicle SpaceShipTwo on a test flight. Photo by Mark Greenberg/Virgin Galactic/Getty … [+] Images Getty Images There are no sure things in the stock market. But here’s an almost ...
Tag: Richard Branson
After Restricting Balloon Overflights For 25 Years, China’s Protests Wear Thin
In the late 1990’s China repeatedly refused to permit balloon overflights. Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Hours after U.S. jets shot down a sensor-packed Chinese surveillance balloon in U.S. airsp...
Virgin Orbit stock plummets after UK launch failure
Cosmic Girl, a Virgin Boeing 747-400 aircraft sits on the tarmac with Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket attached to the wing, ahead of the first UK launch tonight, at Spaceport Cornwall at Newqu...
Richard Branson Talks ‘Branson’ And Why It ‘Was Like Being In A Psychiatrist’s Chair’
‘Branson’ sees Sir Richard Branson in a reflective mood. HBO Profiling multi-billionaire Sir Richard Branson is a herculean task, but that’s what the new four-part documentary series...
Billionaire Richard Branson Must Face Fraud Suit From Virgin Galactic Shareholders
Topline Billionaire Richard Branson must face a lawsuit filed by Virgin Galactic shareholders who allege Branson hid issues with the space program and sold nine figures worth of stock at inflated pric...
$25 million raise, revised outlook
Virgin Orbit’s modified 747 jet “Cosmic Girl” releases the company’s LauncherOne rocket for a mission on January 13, 2022. Virgin Orbit Virgin Orbit raised $25 million, the com...
Richard Branson takes stake in Lightyear, Europe’s answer to Robinhood
The Lightyear app. Lightyear Lightyear, a European challenger to trading platform Robinhood, has raised $25 million of funding in an investment round backed by British billionaire Richard Branson. Sil...
Richard Branson hopes to fly with Elon Musk’s SpaceX
Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson prepares to spray champagne after flying with a crew in Virgin Galactic’s passenger rocket plane VSS Unity to the edge of space at Spaceport America near...
Rocket builder Firefly resuming launch operations, raises $75 million
The company’s inaugural Alpha rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sept. 2, 2021. Firefly Aerospace WASHINGTON – Firefly Aerospace aims to make its second attempt to...
Chamath Palihapitiya steps down from Virgin Galactic board
Virgin Galactic leaders in front of the New York Stock Exchange, from left: CEO George Whitesides, founder Richard Branson and Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic announced ...
Virgin Galactic Shares Surge 30% After Billionaire Branson-Backed Firm Announces $450,000 Tickets To Space
Topline Shares of British-American aerospace company Virgin Galactic skyrocketed Tuesday after the firm, founded by billionaire Sir Richard Branson, announced it will soon start taking reservations fo...
Virgin Galactic stock rises as ticket sales reopen $150,000 deposit
Carrier aircraft VMS Eve is seen in the background shortly after releasing VSS Unity, which is firing its engine and acclerating during the company’s fourth spaceflight test, Unity 22, carrying ...
Peloton’s market value drops by $2.5 billion as shares close below IPO price
A monitor displays Peloton Interactive Inc. signage during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) across from the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. Michael N...
Virgin Galactic stock falls after plans to raise $500 million in debt
Spacecraft VSS Unity lands on the runway at Spaceport America in New Mexico after the company’s fourth spaceflight test on July 11, 2021. Virgin Galactic Shares of Virgin Galactic fell in tradin...
Virgin Orbit stock pops as company shows rocket in Times Square
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket on display in Times Square, New York. CNBC | Michael Sheetz Richard Branson’s satellite-launching company Virgin Orbit brought a rocket to show off in New...
Virgin Galactic stock falls below SPAC debut price two years later
Virgin Galactic’s passenger rocket plane VSS Unity, carrying billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson and his crew, lands after reaching the edge of space above Spaceport America near Truth or C...