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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 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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Virgin Galactic 02 launch live updates: Flight will take mother, daughter, Olympian to space
Space tourism holds great promise for the company: In its second quarter earnings report, Virgin Ga…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Mariann…
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How to watch Virgin Galactic's first space tourist launch 300,000 feet above the ground
Virgin Galactic's Galactic 02 flight took off on Thursday. Here's how to watch the live stream as i…
Marianne Guenot
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Virgin Galactic's first space tourism flight is set to take off this week. Here are the players taking civilians to space.
The steep price doesn't seem to be keeping people away. As of the end of last year, about 800 ticke…
Will Gendron
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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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A Virgin Galactic passenger joked that he will have to wear diapers on Thursday's mission because the spaceship doesn't have toilets
Jon Goodwin is one of three passengers on Virgin Galactic's first private commercial spaceflight on…
Marianne Guenot
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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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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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Billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya, who helped take Virgin Galactic public via a SPAC, has stepped down as the spaceship company's chairman
Palihapitiya said he's leaving Virgin to "focus on other existing and upcoming public board respons…
Shalini Nagarajan
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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's first space tourism passengers only spent a few minutes floating weightless above the Earth, and their experience still mirrored other astronauts' in 3 key ways
When three civilians entered space yesterday with Virgin Galactic, they felt some of the same thing…
Maiya Focht
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Virgin Galactic soars after FAA says company can resume flights following mishap probe
The FAA found that Virgin Galactic's aircraft deviated from its original course and failed to commu…
Isabelle Lee
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Billionaire Richard Branson visited a Kyiv airfield to discuss rebuilding the world's largest cargo plane, which was destroyed by a Russian attack
The Antonov An-225 Mriya was destroyed in a fierce bombardment of Antonov Airport just days after R…
Will Martin,Abby Wallace
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Virgin Galactic slips after the FAA says the company is grounded pending an investigation into a mishap during Branson's trip to space
"Virgin Galactic may not return the SpaceShipTwo vehicle to flight until the FAA approves the final…
Isabelle Lee
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Pollution from SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic's rockets could harm human health as well as Earth's climate, study says
The study found that the concentration of nitrogen oxides released into the atmosphere was consider…
Kate Duffy
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Virgin Galactic could climb 33% as demand for commercial space travel accelerates, says Jefferies
Virgin Galactic has an early-mover advantage in the space tourism market, said Jefferies which init…
Carla Mozée
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Virgin Galactic plummets 19% after delaying commercial spaceflight to the end of 2022
The space tourism company will begin improving its spacecraft, a process that will take eight to 10…
Natasha Dailey
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Virgin Galactic soars 18% after Richard Branson said he aims to reach space 9 days before Amazon boss Jeff Bezos
Branson will be joined by five other crew-mates on the winged rocket-ship, including three mission …
Shalini Nagarajan
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Virgin Galactic drops 8% after rival Blue Origin launches Jeff Bezos into space at higher altitude
The Tuesday launch came a few days after Virgin Galactic launched its founder Richard Branson 53 mi…