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Blue Origin will reveal the name of the winning bidder, as well as the fourth crew member, in the upcoming weeks.
5/23/21 7:35PM
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3/05/21 6:25AM
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The chairman of space tourism company Virgin Galactic, Chamath Palihapitiya, has sold his entire personal stake in…
2/04/21 1:00PM
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Genetics testing giant 23andMe is officially going public.
7/10/19 10:25PM
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Virgin Orbit, the sister company of spaceflight company Virgin Galactic, nailed its first-ever drop test on…
7/09/19 4:32PM
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Virgin Galactic is preparing to become the first publicly traded spaceflight company, and the venture is setting a…
12/13/18 5:40PM
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Earlier today, Virgin Galactic sent its SpaceShipTwo commercial aircraft into space, a historic first for the…
12/01/18 1:25PM
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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…
11/19/18 2:15PM
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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…
10/12/18 9:27AM
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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…
10/10/18 11:05AM
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British billionaire Richard Branson says Virgin Galactic—after years of promises and delays—is just weeks away from…
4/05/18 1:39PM
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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…
11/01/17 11:00AM
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Richard Branson could play a part in our upcoming star wars. The billionaire’s satellite-launch company Virgin Orbit…
9/06/17 3:40PM
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Let’s talk about a few facts. Billionaire party enthusiast Richard Branson owns a private isle in the Virgin…
3/02/17 10:30AM
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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…
12/04/16 5:00PM
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On Saturday, with the large grin of Richard Branson to see it off, Virgin Galactic’s second SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity,…
8/26/16 9:56AM
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In a new blog post for Virgin.com, billionaire Richard Branson writes about his recent flirtation with death, when…
6/08/16 12:18PM
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Sometimes, life gives you lemons. And then sometimes, it gives you Sir Richard Branson dressed as a mermaid, gazing…
2/19/16 4:30PM
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Two years ago, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceshipTwo, the space plane it hoped to use to send tourists into space, failed…
1/05/16 4:20PM
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Space tourism sounds pretty fun, if exorbitantly expensive. The ticket to ride is far from the only pricy thing…