They may have come a long way since the Cold War, but collaboration in space between Russia and the US still have their price - £273 million to be pr...

Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has completed its first rocket-powered flight. The latest test is a crucial milestone for the project, which aims...

Richard Branson's dream of ferrying paying tourists into space came a step closer last week with the successful completion of a "cold flow" test of it...

Hollywood veteran Tom Cruise has said he would consider paying £130,000 for a seat on Virgin Galactic's space flights. But - perhaps sensibly - he...

Just over a year ago I recorded this video of Sir Richard Branson at Prof Stephen Hawkings' 70th birthday symposium in Cambridge. Branson told me he ...

Namira Salim, set to become the first Pakistani in space once Virgin Galactic finally takes flight, has high hopes for the impact of commercial space ...

Sir Richard Branson has announced that he and his children will be the first passengers when the Virgin Galactic space tourism programme begins. Vi...

The shape of travel to come will be unveiled by Sir Richard Branson on Wednesday when he gives an update on his space tourism plans. Sir Richard wi...

The UK could seek to build a spaceport for commercial use, a government minister has said. Universities and Science Minister David Willetts said th...

Virgin Galactic has taken one small step closer into space, after it was granted a license for experimental rocket tests in the United States. Scal...

Space is one of the only scientific topics that has successfully managed to bridge the gap between science and society. It offers the chance to explore not only our past by searching for extra-terrestrial life, but also the possibility to explore the future, and our capabilities to inhabit other solar system bodies and develop interstellar flight.