Though just a test, it’s an important milestone for the Richard Branson-led company, which aims to eventually offer suborbital flights to space tourists.
Virgin Hyperloop One just signed an agreement with the state of Maharashtra in India to work towards a hyperloop route between Pune and Mumbai.
Virgin Galactic’s passenger rocket ship is gearing up for powered flights that could eventually carry paying tourists into space from southern New Mexico, US.
Virgin Hyperloop One announced a new speed record of 240 miles (386 km) per hour in its latest testing protocol.
The focal point of the recovery plan is to trigger the replacement of outdated fossil-fuel power grids with new renewable energy-based energy systems that will have the ability to endure extreme weather conditions.
Richard Branson has backed the introduction of a universal basic income and said it is crucial to tackling the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Braanson said it could help protect people whose jobs will be lost as a result of new technology.
After over a decade in development, Virgin Galactic, a private space travel service founded by billionaire Richard Branson, is nearly ready to enter orbit.
Livestock is 'a bigger contributor to global warming and environmental degradation than all forms of transportation,' Mr Branson said.
Richard Branson said universal basic income might be a valid method of dealing with the advent of technology reducing the overall number of jobs for workers.
Sir Richard Branson has raised the prospect of planes being made entirely from the so-called wonder material graphene within 10 years, as the airline industry battles a 50pc increase in fuel in the last 12 months, sparking a desperate need for ever lighter fleets.
Virgin Galactic's second SpaceShipTwo performed its first free flight Dec. 3, a glide test that begins the next phase in testing of the spaceplane.
The first batch of low-carbon jet fuel derived from waste industrial gases from steel mills has been produced for use by UK long-haul carrier Virgin Atlantic, with flight trials scheduled to start in 2017.
Since 2011 the two companies have been committed to producing the world’s first jet fuel derived from waste industrial gases from steel mills via a fermentation process.
Anchored to a carrier aircraft, Virgin SpaceShip Unity takes to the skies in Mojave, Calif.
Richard Branson's dream of commercial space tourism is a step closer to reality. His Virgin Galactic company has been granted an operating licence by US aviation officials to fly passengers to the point of weightlessness.
