Richard Branson space-bound in early 2021 says Virgin Galactic
Richard Branson could shoot into space on his Virgin Galactic aircraft as its first passenger early next year, the company said, potentially blazing a path for commercial flights.
Richard Branson could shoot into space on his Virgin Galactic aircraft as its first passenger early next year, the company said, potentially blazing a path for commercial flights.
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Virgin Galactic's California-based small satellite launch provider is now a separate company.
Space Exploration
Mar 2, 2017
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Sir Richard Branson wants to bring back supersonic travel. Thirteen years since Concorde ended operations, the Virgin tycoon has revealed the prototype design for a new generation of supersonic business jets developed by ...
Engineering
Nov 18, 2016
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Virgin Galactic rolled out a new version of its SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket Friday as it prepares to return to flight testing for the first time since a 2014 accident destroyed the original craft, killing a pilot and ...
Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2016
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Ride-sharing service Sidecar on Tuesday added medical marijuana to the list of goods it will promptly deliver to customers in San Francisco.
Business
May 12, 2015
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Ride-sharing service Sidecar on Monday said that along with transporting people it is making same-day deliveries of packages.
Business
Feb 9, 2015
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Big bitcoin backers the Winklevoss brothers said Wednesday they had used the virtual currency to buy tickets into space on Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic aircraft.
Business
Mar 5, 2014
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Virgin Galactic says it successfully conducted a second rocket-powered, supersonic test flight of the passenger spaceship it is developing.
Space Exploration
Sep 6, 2013
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California is racing other states to woo new private companies planning to take people on trips to space.
Space Exploration
Aug 25, 2013
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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan are building the biggest plane ever to haul cargo and astronauts into space, in the latest of several ventures fueled by technology tycoons clamoring to write ...
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