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  Jeff Bezos to fly into space aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket today

  Science | July 20, 2021 10:28 IST

  Jeff Bezos is all set to fly to the edge of space, beyond the Karman line today along with three others.

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  VIRAL: Netizens think 'The Simpsons' predicted Richard Branson's stint in space and they have proof

  July 13, 2021 11:13 IST

  Nickyanka wedding, Trump's presidential election and now Richard Branson's space stint, netizens are convinced that there's a time traveler in 'The Simpsons' team.

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  Virgin Galactic cuts short first rocket-powered spaceflight

  Science | December 13, 2020 14:15 IST

  The company had been planning to reach space with the test flight on Saturday but the spaceplane's engine cut off too early. Following the incident, the vehicle's two pilots flew back to Spaceport America and landed safely.

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  Richard Branson's SpaceShipTwo boasting: Over-confidence or height of passion?

  World | November 06, 2014 21:16 IST

  We all grew up listening, "try and try until you succeed", but guess Richard Branson has taken that learning way too seriously!Just days after the crash of Virgin Galactic's 'SpaceShipTwo' that left one pilot dead,

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  CEO: Virgin Galactic looks to resume tests in 2015

  World | November 06, 2014 7:01 IST

  New Mexico: The space tourism company that suffered a tragic setback when its experimental rocket-powered spaceship broke apart over the California desert could resume test flights as early as next summer if it can finish

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  Many questions still unanswered in spaceship crash

  World | November 04, 2014 8:29 IST

  Los Angeles: Federal accident investigators have an early sense of what went wrong before an experimental spaceship designed to carry tourists beyond the Earth's atmosphere broke apart during a test flight. But they still don't

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  A look at Virgin Galactic's feathering technology

  World | November 04, 2014 7:37 IST

  California: The Virgin Galactic spaceship destroyed when it broke apart high over the Mojave Desert was designed to take tourists on a fleeting thrill ride through the lower reaches of space.On the way back down,

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  Probe of space tourism rocket crash may take year

  World | November 02, 2014 17:02 IST

  Mojave, California :  Billionaire Richard Branson is promising to find out what caused the crash of his Virgin Galactic prototype space tourism rocket that killed a test pilot, but U.S. federal investigators are cautioning that

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  Capsule to send Singaporean to near-space unveiled

  World | November 01, 2014 20:13 IST

  Singapore: A Singapore company's project to send the first Singaporean to near-space touched a major milestone Saturday, with the unveiling of the space capsule.IN.Genius hopes to launch a pilot in a helium stratospheric balloon craft

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  Bieber to visit space?

  Hollywood | June 08, 2013 10:45 IST

  Los Angeles, June 8 :Singer Justin Bieber is reportedly the latest celebrity to join the list of people who will be travelling to space in Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space tourism programme, which begins next