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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is about to fly people to space for the first time in 2 years. Here's why it took so long.
Jeff Bezos's space company Blue Origin hasn't launched a crew in nearly 2 years and that delay may …
Jessica Orwig
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Elon Musk showed up in Richard Branson's kitchen at 3 a.m. to wish him luck flying to the edge of space
The SpaceX founder visited Virgin Galactic's New Mexico launch facilities to watch Branson climb ab…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Virgin Galactic just flew billionaire founder Richard Branson and 3 crewmates to the edge of space
The SpaceShipTwo space plane had never carried more than one passenger to the edge of space before.…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Watch Richard Branson fly to the edge of space aboard a Virgin Galactic rocket plane
The VSS Unity space plane is set to carry its first full crew to the edge of space on Sunday. The l…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Billionaire Richard Branson is set to beat Jeff Bezos to space on Sunday. Their launches will differ in 3 big ways.
Virgin Galactic's space plane, called SpaceShipTwo, rockets to about 55 miles above the Earth, givi…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Unconfirmed report suggests Branson may try to beat Bezos into space - and Virgin Galactic didn't deny it
Virgin Galactic did not deny the rumor that Branson is trying to launch by July 4, and one expert s…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Virgin Galactic leaps 14% to 9-month high as first New Mexico test flight looms
The manned test was initially set to take place in November before rising COVID-19 cases in New Mex…
Ben Winck
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Virgin Galactic's postponing its first human test flight out of Spaceport America due to COVID-19 restrictions in New Mexico
Virgin Galactic's base is located at Spaceport America in New Mexico, where Gov. Michelle Lujan Gri…
Kate Duffy,Dave Mosher
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Virgin Galactic aims to fly its first human mission from Spaceport America in November, and NASA's sending some science experiments along for the ride
A successful test flight is crucial if the company wants to start serving its well-heeled customers…
Susie Neilson,Dave Mosher
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Take an exclusive virtual ride inside SpaceShipTwo, the Virgin Galactic rocket ship that will send passengers on the $250,000 trip of their lives
The goal is to launch up to six paying space tourists or scientific researchers per flight from Spa…
Dave Mosher
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Watch live: Virgin Galactic is unveiling the interior cabin of its SpaceShipTwo rocket that will fly people to the edge of space after 16 years of effort
Virgin Galactic, founded by Richard Branson in 2004, will make public the interior of SpaceShipTwo …
Dave Mosher
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The FAA grounds Virgin Galactic rocket plane as it investigates a mishap during Richard Branson's flight
The flight that took British billionaire Richard Branson to the edge of space aboard VSS Unity flew…
Natalie Musumeci,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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During Richard Branson's spaceflight, Virgin Galactic's rocket plane blared a red warning light and flew out of its clearance zone
The New Yorker reported that the spaceship's short venture out of bounds triggered an investigation…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Watch Jeff Bezos throw Skittles to companion Oliver Daemon in space: 'See if you can catch this in your mouth'
Video footage from Blue Origin also shows the crew tossing orange ping pong balls and floating arou…
Aria Bendix,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Richard Branson brought Stephen Colbert's headshot to space with him
Stephen Colbert hosted Virgin Galactic's livestream of its first fully crewed spaceflight on Sunday…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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As Richard Branson prepares to beat Jeff Bezos to space, Blue Origin claims the flight won't go high enough to count
Virgin Galactic's flight on Sunday will carry Richard Branson 55 miles up. So it won't pass the Kár…
Aylin Woodward,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Billionaire Richard Branson aims to fly to the edge of space as early as July 11, narrowly beating Jeff Bezos
Virgin Galactic wouldn't confirm or deny rumors that Branson was racing to beat Bezos - until now. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Virgin Galactic unveiled its newest spacecraft that will take tourists to suborbital space - check out the VSS Imagine
The company's newest spacecraft lays the foundation for the way its future vehicles will be built, …
Tim Levin
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Space 2021: All the Mars landings, eclipses, astronaut flights, rocket launches, and other big missions to look for this year
In 2021, we'll see nine meteor showers. Boeing and SpaceX should launch humans into orbit, and NASA…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Susie Neilson,Dave Mosher
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