Richard Branson

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There’s Something Deeply Unsettling About the Space Barons’ Capitalist Swagger

Philip Ball 20/12/2022

Outer space was supposed to belong to all humankind....

SpaceX Inspiration4 mission safely splashes down in SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule off the coast of Kennedy Space Center

SpaceX Capsule With All-Civilian Orbital Crew Returns Safely

Steve Gorman 19/09/2021

The mission was the debut flight of Elon Musk's...

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The Billionaire Race Has Perverted What Space Exploration Should Really Be About

Spencer Roberts 12/09/2021

While perhaps always mythic, the once allegedly valiant aspirations...

FILE PHOTO: File photo of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo flies over the Mojave Desert shortly before successfully completing a test flight that broke the sound barrier

US Aviation Regulator Grounds Branson’s Virgin Galactic

The July 11 test flight with Richard Branson and...

Billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos is launched with three crew members aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket

Rockets Emit 100x More CO2 per Passenger Than Flights – Imagine a Whole Industry

Eloise Marais 31/07/2021

Scientists need a better understanding of the effect the...

Billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos and pioneering female aviator Wally Funk emerge from their capsule

As Space Traffic and Tourism Rise, the World Needs an International Space Treaty

Ramin Skibba 24/07/2021

To the extent that it would help make space...

Recent Dutch high school graduate Oliver Daemen and pioneering female aviator Wally Funk float weightlessly

Jeff Bezos and Civilian Crew Successfully Complete Suborbital Flight

Eric M. Johnson 21/07/2021

Pioneering aviator Wally Funk, 82, and recent high school...