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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 tumbles 12% after delaying Saturday's space flight due to 'technical checks'
Virgin Galactic said it needs more time for technical checks ahead of its space flight test that wa…
Emily Graffeo
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Virgin Galactic jumps 25% after it sets Unity test flight for this Saturday
Previous test flight delays have have pushed the company's commercial service launch to at least 20…
Matthew Fox
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Virgin Galactic falls 17% after aborting key flight test as rocket engine fails to ignite
Shares of Virgin Galactic tumbled after the spacecraft company's first manned test flight on Saturd…
Emily Graffeo
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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 erases early gains and dives 11% as investors secure profits from test-flight rally
Virgin Galactic's rocket-powered test flight in December failed after faulty computer connections f…
Ben Winck
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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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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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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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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 jumps 21% after it schedules test flight window for February
The test flight of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity comes two months after the company had to a…
Matthew Fox
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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…