By Jackie Wattles, CNN Shares of Virgin Galactic, the space tourism venture founded by Richard Branson, are plunging after the British billionaire said he has no plans to invest more money in the company as he says it has “sufficient funds” already. Early Monday, Virgin Galactic stock was down...
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Mark “Forger” Stucky, who for six years headed the test pilot program at space company Virgin Galactic before he says he was fired earlier this year, is taking a job with the company’s chief competitor, Blue Origin.
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William Shatner, aka Captain Kirk who blasted into space earlier this week on one of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ rockets, say Prince William has “got the wrong idea” by saying that solving problems on Earth should be prioritized over tourist trips to space.
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The Federal Aviation Administration has confirmed it is investigating Richard Branson’s flight to space, saying the rocket-powered plane operated by his company, Virgin Galactic, veered off course during its descent.
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Richard Branson became the first person to ride into space aboard a rocket he helped fund. The supersonic space plane developed by his company, Virgin Galactic, roared into the sky over New Mexico early Sunday, carrying Branson and three fellow crewmembers.
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Flying into space is hardly the first big risk Richard Branson has taken. Here are just some of Branson’s near-death experiences ahead of his first space flight scheduled for Sunday.
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Richard Branson will boldly go where no space baron has gone before on Sunday, when he steps onto the supersonic space plane from his rocket venture, Virgin Galactic. Here’s a look at the details, expectations and risks.
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If all goes as planned, Branson’s flight will beat fellow space baron Jeff Bezos’s trip by just nine days. (Branson swears he didn’t time his trip to beat Bezos but, like, come on.)
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The lucrative, high-stakes chase for space tourists will unfold on the fringes of space — 55 miles to 66 miles (88 kilometers to 106 kilometers) up, pitting Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson against the world’s richest man, Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos. Here’s what’s happening.
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