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Meet SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew: The daring 4 who are in space on the most ambitious private space mission in history
The Polaris Dawn crew — Jared Isaacman, Scott Poteet, Sarah Gillis, and Anna Menon — is traveling d…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Jenny M…
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One of SpaceX's biggest rivals on competing with Elon Musk and the new space race
Sir Peter Beck has built Rocket Lab into a $3.5 billion space company and SpaceX competitor.
Tom Carter
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Virgin Galactic surges 47% as Richard Branson's space tourism company preps first commercial flight
After years of delays, Virgin Galactic said the first flight will take place on June 27, with anoth…
Max Adams
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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 rocket firm files for bankruptcy
It failed to secure funding to continue operations.
Huileng Tan
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Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is under fire for offering $450,000 commercial space flights just a week after the Titan submersible tragedy
"Someone is seriously trying to decrease that 1% population," a social-media user commented about t…
Amanda Goh
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Richard Branson's rocket company Virgin Orbit lays off 85% of workforce
Virgin Orbit, the rocket company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, has laid off nearl…
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You can now purchase tickets to take a trip to space through Virgin Galactic’s space plane
There are a total of 1,000 tickets up for grabs and each ticket costs ₹$450,000. The ticket wind…
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Virgin Galactic is selling tickets to space for $450,000 as it plans more commercial flights this year
The space tourism tickets will cost a total of $450,000 for the 90-minute flight, including an init…
Grace Kay
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Chamath Palihapitiya and Richard Branson are being sued over allegedly covering up flaws in Virgin Galactic's spaceships and pocketing millions by dumping shares
Palihapitiya and Branson took advantage of an "artificially inflated" stock price while knowing Vir…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Virgin Galactic soars 12% after company reports smaller-than-expected loss and stays on track for commercial space flights in the 4th-quarter
Last week, the company began selling $450,000 tickets to launch customers into space for 90 minutes.
Natasha Dailey
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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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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit crashes 23% as the company files for bankruptcy after failing to raise new funds
The British billionaire's space company has ceased operations, laid off most staff, and filed for b…
Morgan Chittum
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Virgin Galactic wants to send tourists to space 3 times per month once its new spaceship is ready in 2023
Want to be one of the first to take a ride on Virgin Galactic's spaceship? That'll cost you a cool …
Tim Levin
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The FAA is giving Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and other private spaceflight passengers official 'astronaut wings' before discontinuing the honor
The 15 individuals receiving the symbolic honor hail from a SpaceX crew, Blue Origin's New Shepherd…
Jake Epstein,Morgan McFall-Jo…
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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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What went wrong at Virgin Orbit? 4 red flags signaled trouble for Richard Branson's satellite launch firm.
Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit filed for bankruptcy protection after laying off staff, not securing…
Kate Duffy
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UN chief tears into Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson for 'joyriding to space while millions go hungry on Earth'
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson's space …
Grace Kay
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Virgin Galactic sinks 17% after the space tourism company announces plan to raise up to $500 million in debt
The stock traded around its lowest since March 2020, with the plan to raise convertible debt stokin…
Carla Mozée
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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…