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Virgin Galactic sends first paying customers to space: Who all flew, What next
1 year, 6 months ago

Virgin Galactic sends first paying customers to space: Who all flew, What next

Hindustan Times  

In a long-awaited commercial debut, Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. on Thursday sent paying customers to the edge of space for the first time, a milestone in the emerging private spaceflight sector. The VSS Unity craft reached space at about 9:30am local time in New Mexico, carrying six people on board, including researchers from the Italian Air Force and the National …

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Italian researchers reach the edge of space flying aboard Virgin Galactic’s rocket-powered plane
1 year, 6 months ago

Italian researchers reach the edge of space flying aboard Virgin Galactic’s rocket-powered plane

Associated Press  

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A team of Italian researchers reached the edge of space Thursday morning, flying aboard a rocket-powered plane piloted by Virgin Galactic as the space tourism company prepares for monthly commercial flights. Virgin Galactic has been working for years to send paying passengers on short space trips and in 2021 finally won the federal government’s approval. After reaching …

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Destination Space: tickets go on sale for Virgin Galactic flights into orbit
2 years, 10 months ago

Destination Space: tickets go on sale for Virgin Galactic flights into orbit

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The chief executive of Virgin Galactic, Michael Colglazier, said: “We plan to have our first 1,000 customers on board at …

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Branson's Virgin Galactic to resume spaceflight after FAA closes mishap probe
3 years, 3 months ago

Branson's Virgin Galactic to resume spaceflight after FAA closes mishap probe

India Today  

The US Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday said it closed its mishap investigation into the July 11 Virgin Galactic Unity 22 launch, which deviated from assigned airspace on descent, and lifted a grounding order the regulator imposed earlier. The FAA said Virgin Galactic had implemented changes the agency required on how it communicates during flight and that the company will …

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Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and where space really begins
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and where space really begins

Live Mint  

Scientists say determining the boundaries of space is fuzzy, but billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson have ignited the debate as they race to jump-start a space-tourism industry. For much of the world, the boundary to space is considered the imaginary Karman Line, which starts around 62 miles above Earth and which Mr. Bezos and his Blue Origin LLC capsule …

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The Simpsons predicts ANOTHER major event with 2014 show showing Richard Branson space flight
3 years, 5 months ago

The Simpsons predicts ANOTHER major event with 2014 show showing Richard Branson space flight

Daily Mail  

The Simpsons regularly stuns fans with its eerie ability to predict the future. Eery: The Simpsons has been known to foresee major world events - from Donald Trump's presidency to the discovery of a three-eyed mutant fish to the erection of London's The Shard Back to the future: Virgin Galactic footage was strangely similar to a scene in a 2014 …

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Opinion: Richard Branson’s disappointing space jaunt
3 years, 5 months ago

Opinion: Richard Branson’s disappointing space jaunt

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Holly Thomas is a writer and editor based in London. Blue Origin – Jeff Bezos’ space company – claims its ship’s environmental impact will be comparably low thanks to its liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen engines, which don’t emit carbon. Mitigating further climate damage is the most urgent challenge currently facing the planet – one which should interest the world’s …

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Richard Branson successfully completes flight to space with Virgin Galactic
3 years, 5 months ago

Richard Branson successfully completes flight to space with Virgin Galactic

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Branson and Virgin Galactic’s space plane Unity reached a maximum height of about 280,000 feet, or …

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Richard Branson Takes Off to the Edge of Space: What is Karman Line?
3 years, 5 months ago

Richard Branson Takes Off to the Edge of Space: What is Karman Line?

News 18  

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson is set to take off for the edge of space on Sunday. Through that, the Kármán line is set which, NOAA calls today “an imaginary boundary” that’s 62 miles up or roughly a hundred kilometers above sea level. According to NBC News, 62 miles is also internationally recognised as the ‘Kármán line.’ The Federation Aeronautique …

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Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson ready for space launch
3 years, 6 months ago

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson ready for space launch

Live Mint  

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - British billionaire Richard Branson was due on Sunday to climb into his Virgin Galactic passenger rocket plane and soar more than 50 miles above the New Mexico desert in the vehicle's first fully crewed test flight to the edge of space. This image provided by Virgin Galactic shows, from left, Chief Pilot Dave Mackay, Lead Operations …

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Overwhelmed with joy, says family of Indian-American astronaut Sirisha Bandla flying to space with Branson
3 years, 6 months ago

Overwhelmed with joy, says family of Indian-American astronaut Sirisha Bandla flying to space with Branson

India Today  

Days after Virgin announced that India-born Sirisha Bandla would be joining Richard Branson on his maiden space flight, her grandfather said that he was "overwhelmed with joy". Sirisha, 33, who was born in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, will fly onboard Virgin Galactic's July 11 test flight that will take her beyond the edge of the Earth's atmosphere. A …

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Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson plans to visit space before Jeff Bezos
3 years, 6 months ago

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson plans to visit space before Jeff Bezos

LA Times  

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson, shown in 2019, said this week that he’s “ready, fit and healthy to go” to space. Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson is aiming to beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos into space by nine days. Branson is to be joined on his flight by Beth Moses, Virgin Galactic’s head astronaut instructor; Colin Bennett, the company’s lead operations …

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Jeff Bezos Is Going To Space (For A Few Minutes)
3 years, 7 months ago

Jeff Bezos Is Going To Space (For A Few Minutes)

NPR  

Jeff Bezos Is Going To Space Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images Jeff Bezos has already selected a hobby for his post-CEO life: space travel. Sponsor Message Blue Origin's rocket is called New Shepard, and it's reusable – the idea being that reusing rockets will lower the cost of going to …

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Virgin Galactic reaches edge of Earth's atmosphere for the first time with two pilots
3 years, 7 months ago

Virgin Galactic reaches edge of Earth's atmosphere for the first time with two pilots

Firstpost  

Virgin Galactic on Saturday made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle, as the company forges toward offering tourist flights to the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere. British billionaire and Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson said the flight and landing bring the roughly 15-year-old venture tantalizingly close to commercial flights …

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Virgin Galactic posts another loss as it inches toward space tourism flights
4 years, 8 months ago

Virgin Galactic posts another loss as it inches toward space tourism flights

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company slated to begin flying customers in the near future, posted a net loss of $60 million for the first three months of 2020. And though Virgin Galactic is only a small slice of that industry, it is the only so-called “new space” company that’s publicly traded. Morgan Stanley said …

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Rocket Lab makes first step toward developing re-usable spacecraft with 'better than expected' test
5 years, 1 month ago

Rocket Lab makes first step toward developing re-usable spacecraft with 'better than expected' test

Daily Mail  

Jeff Bezos in front of Blue Origin's space capsule Dubbed the 'NewSpace' set, Jeff Bezos, Sir Richard Branson and Elon Musk all say they were inspired by the first moon landing in 1969, when the US beat the Soviet Union in the space race, and there is no doubt how much it would mean to each of them to win …

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Virgin Galactic announces it's moving operations to New Mexico
5 years, 8 months ago

Virgin Galactic announces it's moving operations to New Mexico

Daily Mail  

British billionaire Richard Branson and his space-tourism company Virgin Galactic announced new steps Friday toward offering thrill rides into the low reaches of space for paying passengers, with the company immediately starting to move personnel and space vehicles from California to a launch and landing facility in the New Mexico desert. Virgin Galactic announced it's immediately starting to move personnel …

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Virgin Galactic conducts highest, fastest test flight yet
5 years, 10 months ago

Virgin Galactic conducts highest, fastest test flight yet

CNN  

New York CNN — If you’re willing to spend $250,000 for a quick trip to space, that option is getting closer to reality. VSS Unity, Virgin Galactic’s rocket-powered plane, climbed to a record altitude of nearly 56 miles during a test flight on Friday, marking the second time Richard Branson’s startup has reached space. More info on our flight test …

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Meet the pilots of Virgin Galactic’s first flight to space
6 years ago

Meet the pilots of Virgin Galactic’s first flight to space

CNN  

After months of testing Richard Branson’s rocket-powered plane at lower altitudes, two of Virgin Galactic’s test pilots made it to the edge of space on Thursday — 51.4 miles above Earth. The morning before flight, Stucky and Sturckow met at Virgin Galactic’s Mojave hangar at 4:30 am to run through flight simulations meant to mimic any possible curve ball the …

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Virgin Galactic tourism rocket ship reaches space in test
6 years ago

Virgin Galactic tourism rocket ship reaches space in test

India TV News  

Virgin Galactic’s tourism spaceship climbed more than 50 miles high above California’s Mojave Desert on Thursday, reaching for the first time what the company considers the boundary of space. Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson said there will be more test flights and if all goes well he will take a ride before the public gets its chance. Virgin Galactic’s development …

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