Virgin Galactic

Investors are pushing up Virgin Galactic shares following the aerospace company's successful Unity 22 mission on Sunday, in which Virgin Group founder Richard Branson and five other crewmates flew to suborbital space and back.

In addition to the seats, winners will be given an all-expenses paid trip to New Mexico and a tour of Spaceport America by Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson.

Richard Branson reached space on a test flight for Virgin Galactic before gliding back to earth and touching down safely Sunday, the latest salvo in the burgeoning space tourism business led by high-profile billionaires.

Viewers were left frustrated and disappointed by a lackluster livestream as Richard Branson flew into suborbital space on a Virgin Galactic test flight.

Virgin Galactic CEO Richard Branson is set to leapfrog Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos to become the first billionaire in space when the British entrepreneur launches into space Sunday, nine days ahead of Bezos's first planned ascent.

Blue Origin took shots at competitor Virgin Galactic on Twitter Friday night, comparing offerings to customers using a recent Aerospace Research Central study.

Here is everything you need to know about the upcoming flights and the men behind two of the biggest players in the aerospace industry

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson teased in a special edition of his LinkedIn newsletter Thursday that he is ready to turn "dream into reality" with Sunday's suborbital spaceflight aboard the aerospace company's VSS Unity spacecraft.

Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson gave NBC's "Today" show an all-access pass to the inside of the aerospace company's prized VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo on Tuesday.

Virgin Galactic announced Thursday that the launch window for its first fully crewed spaceflight opens July 11, and founder Richard Branson will be onboard.

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit successfully used its unique mid-air launch system to send commercial satellites into orbit for the first time on Wednesday morning.

Shares of Virgin Galactic lifted off Monday after a successful first spaceflight from New Mexico's Spaceport America.

Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic announced Thursday morning that the next rocket-powered test flight of SpaceShipTwo "Unity" is targeted for Saturday.

Blue Origin's first phase of bidding for a seat onboard the company's reusable suborbital rocket New Shepard closed on Wednesday and the company reported its highest bid at $2.6 million dollars and rising.

Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is revaluating its next test flight and investors are not happy.

Virgin Orbit, the sister company of Virgin Galactic, is gearing up for its next space launch in June when it will put six satellites in orbit.

Sixty years to the day that NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space aboard the Freedom 7 rocket, U.S. business leaders are continuing to help the country make major strides in space exploration.

Virgin Galactic is working to reschedule its next test flight of its SpaceShipTwo Unity spacecraft.

Virgin Galactic continues to be a favorite amongst Wall Street analysts, despite the failure of the space tourism company's SpaceShipTwo Unity rocket this past weekend.

A Virgin Galactic test flight Saturday ended prematurely as the spacecraft's rocket motor failed to ignite and it then glided down safely to its landing site in southern New Mexico.