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Former Virgin Galactic CEO to fly to space on next test flight: Report

On 11 July, British billionaire Richard Branson flew into space aboard a Virgin Galactic vessel, a voyage he described as the 'experience of a lifetime'

1 min read24 Jul 2021
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'Experience of a lifetime': Billionaire Branson achieves space dream

The mission's success means Branson has beaten fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos in the race to be the first tycoon to cross the final frontier in a ship built by a company he founded

3 min read11 Jul 2021
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Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space venture starts trading on NYSE

Virgin Galactic combined last week with the investment firm, Social Capital Hedosophia, rather than conduct an IPOBranson competes with fellow billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk in what’s been dubbed 'the new space race'

2 min read28 Oct 2019
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Cufflinks and the Caribbean: How Virgin Galactic kept space tourists' interest and money

While waiting for their trip, some since 2004, Virgin ticket holders have been busied with treats on earthMore than 600 people from 58 countries have put down a deposit for a 90-minute flight priced at $250,000, up from $200,000 in 2013

6 min read12 Apr 2019
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Blue Origins plans to charge at least $200,000 for space rides - sources

Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Richard Branson are looking to slash the cost of spaceflight by developing reusable spacecraft, meaning prices for passengers and payloads should drop as launch frequency increases

2 min read13 Jul 2018
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Virgin Galactic tests rocket ship, three years after fatal accident

At about 8 am local time, VMS Eve carrier plane took off from Mojave, California, carrying SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity before releasing it 46,500 feet above ground, Virgin Galactic said in a statement

1 min read6 Apr 2018
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Supersonic air travel ‘next big thing,’ says Richard Branson

Supersonic jetliner travel will make a comeback and transform the aviation industry in coming years, according to Richard Branson

1 min read14 Feb 2018
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Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk have different ideas about how to pay for space race

Unlike Elon Musk's SpaceX which has taken outside funding and moved more quickly to commercialize operations, Jeff Bezos sold $4 billion of Amazon stock to support Blue Origin

2 min read7 Nov 2017
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Paul Allen’s space company nears debut of world’s biggest plane

With a wingspan of 385 feet, the six-engine Stratolaunch plane will be larger than Howard Hughes' 1947 H-4 Hercules, known as the 'Spruce Goose,' and the Antonov An-225

3 min read20 Jun 2016
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Space travel rules needed within 5 years: UN

Rules must be put in place to ensure safety in space, as well as prevent the creation of a patchwork of regulations by individual states, ICAO said

1 min read16 Mar 2016
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