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Business owners in a tiny desert town are 'excited but apprehensive' to see whether a $220 million bet on billionaire Richard Branson's spaceport will pay off
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, where Spaceport America launches from, has languished for years.…
Heather Schlitz
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Virgin Galactic plans to introduce 2 new spacecraft that are easier to maintain and turn around for daily flights
The space tourism company's new CEO told the Financial Times there will be two more tests this year…
Dominick Reuter
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Virgin Galactic's first rocket-powered spaceflight test runs into a snag before reaching orbit
Billionaire Richard Branson's space tourism company Virgin Galactic cut short the first rocket-powe…
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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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Futuristic architecture, entertainment hubs and kinetic solar panels: This is what spaceports could look like if commercial space flights become a reality
Spaceport City's design is based around space travel, but also features a terrestrial transport net…
Grace Dean
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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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Facebook's drones unit is conducting a mysterious test in the desert near New Mexico's 'spaceport'
In one the filings, FCL Tech refers obliquely to its tests as a "connectivity project," writing: "T…
Rob Price
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Google wants to test secret airborne technology at New Mexico's 'spaceport' and an Indian reservation
The filings represent the latest evidence of Google and parent-company Alphabet's expanding efforts…
Alexei Oreskovic,Biz Carson
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Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic lays off 185 employees as it doubles down on efforts to build new spaceships
The company said in an earnings call that it expected a reduction in headcount would generate aroun…
Jyoti Mann
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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit gets green light for first orbital space launch from UK — and will use a repurposed Boeing 747 for the mission
Virgin Orbit's Boeing 747 aircraft, named Cosmic Girl, will fly 35,000 feet and release a rocket fr…
Kate Duffy
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Billionaire Richard Branson calls the Boeing 747 a 'wonderful beast' after the last jumbo jet is delivered but says it was 'too expensive'
Richard Branson bid farewell to the Boeing 747, but said the daily fuel costs across the Atlantic b…
Kate Duffy
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ISRO begins countdown for PSLV-C54 mission to launch Oceansat, eight other satellites
Scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) commenced the countdown on Friday for t…
PTI
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This space startup wants to slingshot rockets into orbit
This will be different from the traditional way of launching fuel-based rockets vertically, and …
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'It's a window to the future for our town.' Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, has its sights set on space tourism following Virgin Galactic launch.
Residents of Truth or Consequences, a small, desert city, attended a watch party of the Virgin Gala…
Heather Schlitz
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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 McFal…
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Virgin Galactic skyrockets 30% after announcing it will begin selling tickets for flights to space
Virgin Galactic stock surged after the company announced it will sell spaceflight tickets to the ge…
Phil Rosen
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Tata Play rents the entire capacity of the newly launched GSAT-24 satellite
Built by Indian Space Research Organisation for NSIL, the satellite was successfully placed into…
PTI
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NASA collaborates with SpinLaunch to test an innovative mass accelerator launch system — a slingshot to send payloads to space
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has joined hands to send a payload by using a …
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Virgin Galactic aborts first crewed flight of its rocket-powered spaceship in New Mexico
Virgin Galactic on Saturday aborted a crewed launch of its Unity spaceship, which would have been a…
Kevin Shalvey
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600 people have reserved $250,000 tickets to fly to space with Virgin Galactic, including celebrities like Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, Justin Bieber, and Lady Gaga
Another 1,000 would-be astronauts have made $1,000 deposits toward a ticket when sales reopen after…