Jul 10 2019
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Virgin Orbit, the sister company of spaceflight company Virgin Galactic, nailed its first-ever drop test on…
Jul 9 2019
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Virgin Galactic is preparing to become the first publicly traded spaceflight company, and the venture is setting a…
Dec 13 2018
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Earlier today, Virgin Galactic sent its SpaceShipTwo commercial aircraft into space, a historic first for the…
Dec 1 2018
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Billionaire Richard Branson really, really wants you to believe he’s going to send people to space—and soon. In a…
Nov 19 2018
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A Virgin Orbit plane took off with a rocket under its wing on Sunday, marking a successful test flight for the…
Oct 12 2018
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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has said that he’ll pull out of a conference in Saudi Arabia called the Future Investment…
Oct 10 2018
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British billionaire Richard Branson says Virgin Galactic—after years of promises and delays—is just weeks away from…
Apr 5 2018
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Earlier today, the VSS Unity went supersonic during crewed tests, reaching speeds of 1,220 miles per hour. It’s the…
Nov 1 2017
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Richard Branson could play a part in our upcoming star wars. The billionaire’s satellite-launch company Virgin Orbit…
Sep 6 2017
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Let’s talk about a few facts. Billionaire party enthusiast Richard Branson owns a private isle in the Virgin…
Mar 2 2017
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“I hope in five years a reusable rocket will have been developed which can take up to 10 people at a time to stay at…
Dec 4 2016
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On Saturday, with the large grin of Richard Branson to see it off, Virgin Galactic’s second SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity,…
Aug 26 2016
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In a new blog post for Virgin.com, billionaire Richard Branson writes about his recent flirtation with death, when…
Jun 8 2016
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Sometimes, life gives you lemons. And then sometimes, it gives you Sir Richard Branson dressed as a mermaid, gazing…
Feb 19 2016
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Two years ago, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceshipTwo, the space plane it hoped to use to send tourists into space, failed…
Jan 5 2016
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Space tourism sounds pretty fun, if exorbitantly expensive. The ticket to ride is far from the only pricy thing…
Dec 3 2015
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Space cowboy Richard Branson and his company, Virgin Galactic, showed off a 747-400 airplane that could launch…
Sep 28 2015
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Virgin broke ground on a new hotel in New York on Friday and, as a courtesy to future generations, they buried a…
Dec 13 2014
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In addition to Richard Branson's lofty ambitions in space, the entrepeneur-explorer also has a project to send…
Oct 31 2014
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Virgin Galactic is reporting that there has been an "in-flight anomaly" aboard SpaceShipTwo. The suborbital flight…