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US aviation agency probes Branson’s Virgin Galactic flight deviation
3 years, 3 months ago

US aviation agency probes Branson’s Virgin Galactic flight deviation

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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it is investigating a deviation in the descent of the flight of the Virgin Galactic rocket plane that carried British billionaire Richard Branson to the edge of space on July 11. Virgin Galactic acknowledged in a statement to Reuters that "the flight’s ultimate trajectory deviated from our initial plan" but added it "did …

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GET, SET, SPACE: IN BRANSON VS BEZOS, WHO’S GOT THE BETTER PLAN AND SUPERIOR VEHICLE?
3 years, 5 months ago

GET, SET, SPACE: IN BRANSON VS BEZOS, WHO’S GOT THE BETTER PLAN AND SUPERIOR VEHICLE?

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While Branson will travel as part of a six-person crew onboard the SpaceShipTwo spaceplane, Bezos will be a part of a four-person crew in the New Shepard rocket. Blue Origin, owned by former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, announced it would fly its first crew of astronauts into space on 20 July — the Apollo 11 Moon landing’s 52nd anniversary. After …

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Richard Branson flies to the edge of the space in his rocket
3 years, 5 months ago

Richard Branson flies to the edge of the space in his rocket

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British billionaire Richard Branson rode a rocket of his company Virgin Galactic to fly to the edge of space today. Richard Branson lifted off to space today on #Unity22 Virgin Galactic, marking a historic spaceflight https://t.co/JnnHUZpagi pic.twitter.com/4tCjy2UQyj — CBS News July 11, 2021 The billionaire is joined by five company employees who are took off to space in a company …

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Elon Musk has a ticket to space, too...with Richard Branson’s Virgin
3 years, 5 months ago

Elon Musk has a ticket to space, too...with Richard Branson’s Virgin

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LONDON : As Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin LLC prepare to blast their respective billionaires into space, Elon Musk, a third billionaire pursuing space tourism, already has his own ticket—with Virgin Galactic. Mr. Branson was set to travel to the edge of space aboard a Virgin Galactic vehicle scheduled to blast off from New …

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The Spacecraft That Didn’t Go Anywhere: Virgin Galactic’s Aborted Spacecraft Test Explained
4 years ago

The Spacecraft That Didn’t Go Anywhere: Virgin Galactic’s Aborted Spacecraft Test Explained

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Virgin Galactic’s latest spacecraft test ended abruptly over the weekend, because of technical issues. But the test flight of the SpaceShipTwo Unity, or VSS Unity, had to be aborted and the craft glided back to earth before it could reach space, because of what the company says is an issue with the rocket motor’s ignition system. It turns out that …

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Virgin Galactic conducts first manned spaceline test. Here is everything you need to know
4 years ago

Virgin Galactic conducts first manned spaceline test. Here is everything you need to know

Hindustan Times  

Virgin Galactic, a part of the UK billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin group of companies, have launched the first manned test of its ambitious Spaceline program from New Mexico in the United States, the company said on Saturday. Here’s everything you need to know about the spaceline: Vehicles SpaceShipTwo spaceflight system is the company’s reusable system that comprises a carrier aircraft …

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