Tag: Virgin Galactic

Factbox: Richard Branson: daredevil billionaire entrepreneur set to fly to space

July 11 – Flamboyant British entrepreneur Richard Branson is set to fly to space on a Sunday test flight by his Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (SPCE.N), beating fellow aspiring billionaire astronaut and Amazon.com (AMZN.O) founder Jeff Bezos by about a week. The launch of Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity rocket plane over […]

Virgin Galactic’s Branson ready for space launch aboard rocket plane

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M., July 11 – British billionaire Richard Branson prepared on Sunday to climb into his Virgin Galactic passenger rocket plane and soar more than 50 miles (80 km) above the New Mexico desert in the vehicle’s first fully crewed test flight to the edge of […]

Virgin Galactic seeks space tourism boost with market launch

Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic will merge with a New York-listed company to become the world’s first publicly-traded space tourism venture, the British billionaire’s group announced Tuesday. “By embarking on this new chapter, at this advanced point in Virgin Galactic’s development, we can open space to more investors and […]

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