http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Virgin_Galactic_LtdFind stories, videos, and photos about Virgin Galactic Ltd. from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:36:06 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/TECH/space/07/16/private.space.ventures/tztop.xcor.lynx.xcor.jpghttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Virgin_Galactic_Ltd14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Virgin Galactic Ltd. from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/07/16/private.space.ventures/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/07/16/private.space.ventures/index.html#cnnSTCTextRichard Garriott had more reason than most to dream the Apollo moon landings would rapidly expand space travel. His father was a NASA astronaut, as were many of his neighbors near Texas' Johnson Space Center.Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:04:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/06/20/new.mexico.spaceport/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/06/20/new.mexico.spaceport/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe era when travelers will be able to catch a flight from New Mexico to outer space moved a step closer this week with the official start of construction of Spaceport America.Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:36:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/20/future.airports/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/20/future.airports/index.html#cnnSTCTextSpace travel, security threats and increasing passenger numbers are forcing major changes in the way airports are designed.Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:19:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/04/30/space.tour/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/04/30/space.tour/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe view will be one unlike any other.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:32:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1844160,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1844160,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe sixth private citizen to go into orbit talks to TIME about the space race, Stephen Colbert and being a second-generation astronautThu, 25 Sep 2008 06:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/04/smallbusiness/rocket_town_usa.fsb/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/04/smallbusiness/rocket_town_usa.fsb/index.htmOutside Hangar 7, the desert and sky stretch as far as you can see, broken only by the distant Tehachapi Mountains and the occasional Joshua tree.Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:17:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/07/31/news/companies/siklos_virgin_america.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/07/31/news/companies/siklos_virgin_america.fortune/index.htmSo here we were at 6:20 Monday morning at Los Angeles International Airport. Despite the hour, a disc jockey played pulsing club music, a soundtrack that soon continued onboard a Virgin America Airbus with "My Other Ride is a Spaceship" emblazoned behind its nose. A 20-minute flight later, the jet landed in Mojave, Calif., where tycoon Richard Branson awaited.Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:20:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/08/27/bc.spacetourism.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/08/27/bc.spacetourism.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextAs a female voice coos, "Welcome to space," six passengers in skintight spacesuits unbuckle their seatbelts and somersault in zero gravity, occasionally peeking back at Earth through the private spaceship's large portholes.Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:31:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/07/27/spaceport.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/07/27/spaceport.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextA third person died Friday from an explosion at a rocket test pad operated by a private company in California's southern Mojave Desert, according to the nursing supervisor at Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield.Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:27:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/07/26/spaceport.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/07/26/spaceport.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn explosion at an airport home to Scaled Composites -- the builder of the first private manned rocket to reach space -- killed two people and left four seriously hurt Thursday, a Kern County Fire Department official says.Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:03:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/07/01/100117052/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/07/01/100117052/index.htmJim Benson's ship is called the Dream Chaser, and here's the dream he's chasing: a 50 percent profit margin on revenue of $200 million by 2015 from putting tourists into suborbital space.Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/03/21/flying.pod/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/03/21/flying.pod/index.htmlA mere three years after Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne skimmed the edge of space to capture the $10-million Ansari X Prize, more than half a dozen companies are furiously building and testing spacecraft designed to take paying passengers on suborbital journeys and beyond.Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/01/29/mwonders.overview/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/01/29/mwonders.overview/index.html"I never think of the future" Albert Einstein once said, "It comes soon enough". But at the beginning of the 21st Century even the great scientist might have been taken aback by the pace of scientific and engineering advances of recent times.Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:31:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/11/03/fs.spacetourism.forum/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/11/03/fs.spacetourism.forum/index.htmlSpace tourism is being packaged as the ultimate trip -- almost as an extension of a normal flight but with incredible views, the experience of weightlessness and supersonic speeds. Companies such as Virgin Galactic are taking bookings from the rich and famous for the sub-orbital flights they hope to start in 2008.Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:49:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/03/ft.spacetourism/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/03/ft.spacetourism/index.htmlSpace tourism is being packaged as the ultimate trip -- almost as an extension of a normal flight but with incredible views, the experience of weightlessness and supersonic speeds.Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:29:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/10/04/spaceship2/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/10/04/spaceship2/index.htmlVirgin Galactic recently unveiled a mock-up of the slick, Philippe Starck --designed interior of its SpaceShipTwo (SS2) suborbital tourist vehicle.Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:10:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/10/03/news/companies/neimanmarcus_christmas/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/10/03/news/companies/neimanmarcus_christmas/index.htmWant to make someone's Christmas really special this year? Consider a trip to outer space.Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:09:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/09/29/tbr.numbers/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/09/29/tbr.numbers/index.htmlTwo million: The number of air miles clocked up by British businessman Alan Watts to win the chance to become the first "air miles astronaut" aboard a Virgin Galactic spaceship in 2009.Fri, 29 Sep 2006 07:17:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/09/25/fsmotion.spacetourism/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/09/25/fsmotion.spacetourism/index.htmlWho hasn't looked up at the stars and wondered what it must be like to travel through space? Only a fortunate few have made the trip, and at enormous cost. But soon, the excitement and adventure may be within reach of many more of us.Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:54:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/03/30/technology/business2_futureboy0330/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/03/30/technology/business2_futureboy0330/index.htmA note from Erick Schonfeld: After six years of writing Future Boy, I'm handing the reins to my colleague Chris Taylor to focus on features for the magazine and my B2Day blog, which you can also subscribe to by e-mail or RSS. Taylor shares my interest in the Internet and new media, but he's also interested in other boundaries of technology, like space, the subject of his first Future Boy column.Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:23:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/03/01/8370590/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/03/01/8370590/index.htmSPACE HOTELS Wed, 01 Mar 2006 05:01:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/12/06/virgin.space/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/12/06/virgin.space/index.htmlExecutives bored with criss-crossing the globe will soon have the chance to boldly go where few travelers have gone before: space.Tue, 06 Dec 2005 12:14:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/10/17/8358077/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/10/17/8358077/index.htmI MUST SAY THAT I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN RICHARD Branson. After all this time as one of the world's highest-profile entrepreneurs, he's only now beginning to deal in the world's two most precio...Mon, 17 Oct 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/07/13/news/midcaps/space_race/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/07/13/news/midcaps/space_race/index.htmForget the Russians and the Americans. The new space race is between the guys from Virgin Atlantic, Amazon.com, and PayPal.Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/27/space.tourism/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/27/space.tourism/index.htmlTicket to ride commuter flights to the edge of space may not be too far off -- with spaceliners departing several spaceports here in the United States.Wed, 27 Apr 2005 15:45:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/02/10/news/funny/space_travel/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/02/10/news/funny/space_travel/index.htmEarth to space travelers: The 10-second countdown isn't all the preparation you need before blasting into outer space.Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:37:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/25/spc.tourism/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/25/spc.tourism/index.htmlOne of only two people to pay their own way into space says space tourism will become an integral part of the industry, eventually leading to more trips to the moon.Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:50:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/04/spaceshipone.attempt.cnn/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/04/spaceshipone.attempt.cnn/index.htmlSpaceShipOne achieved its most spectacular flight yet, climbing to an altitude of 377,591 feet (71 1/2 miles) to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize on Monday.Mon, 04 Oct 2004 12:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/09/28/explorers.richardbranson/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/09/28/explorers.richardbranson/index.htmlI'm not a huge fan of technology and I sometimes wonder whether it has had such a big impact on our lives. But one thing that has changed the way that I do business is the mobile phone.Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:57:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/27/branson.space/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/27/branson.space/index.htmlBritish entrepreneur Richard Branson has announced his company has signed a deal to offer the world's first commercial flights to space under the branding "Virgin Galactic."Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:22:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/10/25/267937/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/10/25/267937/index.htmThirty years after Alan Shepard's lunar tee shot, entrepreneurs in the earthly business of tourism are looking up toward that back nine in the sky. Forget the right stuff--all tourists need is abou...Mon, 25 Oct 1999 04:01:00 EDT