Mother of entrepreneur Richard Branson dies due to COVID-19
Eve Branson, mother of Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the Virgin Group, has died of coronavirus, her son announced Monday.
Read MorePosted by WRAL TechWire | Jan 11, 2021
Eve Branson, mother of Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the Virgin Group, has died of coronavirus, her son announced Monday.
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The coronavirus pandemic has battered Richard Branson’s business empire. Now, the billionaire is going on the offensive.
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The ship has docked at the Port of Dover in England and will enter operation in April, mainly offering trips around the Caribbean from a base in Miami.
Read MorePosted by WRAL News | Feb 18, 2020
Shares have surged lately due to optimism about the company’s plans to launch a commercial space service. Virgin Galactic announced last week that it relocated its SpaceShipTwo suborbital plane, also known as VSS Unity, to its commercial headquarters in New Mexico.
Read MorePosted by WRAL TechWire | Oct 24, 2019
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is set to become the first publicly traded commercial human spaceflight company. It could go public as soon as Monday, the company announced today.
Read MorePosted by WRAL TechWire | Oct 16, 2019
Sir Richard Branson took to a futuristic “zero gravity, vertical catwalk” on Wednesday to unveil “spacewear” designed by his Virgin Galactic and partner Under Armor that passengers and crew will wear on future flight into space.
Read MorePosted by WRAL TechWire | Dec 13, 2018
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.
Read MorePosted by WRAL TechWire | Nov 19, 2018
As incomes grow and more people move to cities, and as global temperatures rise, the world is buying more air conditioners. And as more air conditioners spin up, they cause more warming, both through the energy they consume and the gases they release. A new initiative is seeking to address the problem.
Read MorePosted by WRAL TechWire | Apr 6, 2018
Virgin Galactic’s new spaceship climbed at supersonic speed over California’s Mojave Desert on Thursday in the company’s first powered flight since the fatal crash of its original rocketship in 2014. We’ve got the video for you.
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