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A Boeing 747 that flew for Virgin Orbit before its collapse has a new home with Stratolaunch
Named the Spirit of Mojave, Stratolaunch bought the 22-year-old Boeing 747 from Richard Branson's V…
Taylor Rains
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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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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit rocket firm files for bankruptcy
It failed to secure funding to continue operations.
Huileng Tan
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Virgin Orbit just launched a rocket that failed to reach orbit. Take a look at what happened.
Virgin Orbit's rocket launch from the UK failed to reach orbit.Matthew Horwood/Getty Images
Kate Duffy
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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit says its rocket suffered an 'anomaly,' stopping it from taking 9 satellites to orbit
Cosmic Girl, a repurposed Boeing 747, took off and released Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne, but the roc…
Kate Duffy
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Virgin Orbit stock crashes as Richard Branson's satellite company ceases operations 'for the foreseeable future'
Virgin Orbit hasn't secured funding needed "to provide a clear path for this company," CEO Dan Hart…
Carla Mozée
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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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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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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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Virgin Orbit, Richard Branson's satellite company, is laying off 85% of staff and reportedly ceasing operations 'for the foreseeable future'
Virgin Orbit, which spun off from Branson's space tourism venture, Virgin Galactic, is reportedly c…
Samantha Delouya
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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit is set to launch the first orbital rocket from UK soil on Monday. Watch live as the rocket drops from a Boeing 747.
Virgin Orbit crew will proceed cautiously around the launch in case winds or lightning set in, its …
Kate Duffy
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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit to go public in SPAC merger valuing the satellite launch company at $3.2 billion
Virgin Orbit in January took 10 small satellites to Earth's orbit for NASA in its first successful …
Carla Mozée
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Asteroid mining startup founded by ex-SpaceX and Virgin Orbit engineers books first test mission with SpaceX
AstroForge is scheduled to test its technology next year, using a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to get int…
Tasmin Lockwood
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Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit has reportedly hired bankers to go public via SPAC merger
Billionaire Richard Branson is aiming for a $3 billion valuation, banking on Virgin Orbit's success…
Isabelle Lee
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China lands its secretive space plane after 9 months in orbit
The mysterious "experimental" space plane could be a round-trip vehicle for "peaceful" use of outer…
Natalie Musumeci,Morgan McFal…
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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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I was at Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit launch. It felt like a festival with its silent disco and food trucks, but the excitement plummeted when the launch failed and Branson didn't show up in person
Richard Branson, founder of Virgin, watched Cosmic Girl (pictured above) from Necker Island.Virgin …
Kate Duffy
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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit has spent $1 billion trying to reach to space — while a small New Zealand startup got to orbit for a fraction of that
CEO Peter Beck says Rocket Lab has spent about $180 million to develop the Electron launch vehicle,…
Dave Mosher
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Watch a Virgin Orbit rocket successfully launch from beneath the wing of a Boeing 747, marking the latest entrant to the commercial space race
Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket launched from a modified Boeing 747, known as Cosmic Girl, carryi…
Grace Dean
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Alabama rocket startup Aevum just unveiled the world's biggest drone - a 28-ton autonomous behemoth that may soon rocket US military satellites into orbit
Once a satellite reaches Aevum's spaceport, company founder Jay Skylus says a mostly autonomous sys…