Tag: galactic
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Virgin Galactic Selects Winner For Free Space Flight
Virgin Galactic has selected the winner for an almost-free trip to space, saying last week that it has selected a winner in a sweepstakes for a trip to space. The winner was part of a sweepstakes with charity donation site Omaze. According to Virgin Ga…
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Virgin Galactic Cleared After Air Traffic Control Snafu
Virgin Galactic, the space flight and tourism company led by Virgin Galactic, has been cleared to fly again following an FAA inquiry into the company’s re-entry from space in July. Virgin Galactic had been under investigation for diverging from its air…
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Virgin Galactic Delays Next Test Flight
Virgin Galactic, the space tourism venture of Sir Richard Branson, has delayed its next test flight, due to what it described as a “potential manufacturing defect” in a component of its flight systems. According to the company, it was preparing for its…
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Report: FAA Probing Deviation On Virgin Galactic Flight
According to reports this morning, the FAA is probing a deviation on the
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Virgin Galactic Starts Selling Seats To Space
Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company headed by Sir Richard Branson, started selling seats to space again, after successfully launching Branson and a number of others in its first fully crewed spaceflight. The company–which developed its vehicles…
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Billionaires In Space: Branson Succeeds In Space Launch
Sir Richard Branson successfully launched himself into space on Sunday, stepping aboard a Virgin Galactic rocket powered plane and rocketing to 53 miles above the earth, on the Unity 22 mission. The launch–the first of a billionaire into space on his …
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Omaze Offers Up Chance At Virgin Galactic Flight
On the heels of the successful launch of billionaire Sir Richard Branson into space on Sunday, Culver City-based charity fundraising software company Omaze says has launched a sweepstakes to win a seat to space on one of the first Virgin Galactic comme…
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Sir Richard Branson Still Set For Space Launch On Sunday
Sir Richard Branson is still set to launch into space on Sunday, July 11th, on what will be the twenty-second test flight for the VSS Unity, the rocket-powered space vehicle being developed by Branson’s company, Virgin Galactic. According to Virgin Gal…
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Richard Branson Attempts To Beat Bezos Into Space
Richard Branson, the founder of space tourism company Virgin Galactic–which was started in Mojave–is planning to launch himself into space, just nine days before Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. According to Virgin Galactic, Branson hopes to fly into space this …
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Virgin Orbit Plans To Go Public Via SPAC
Mojave-based Virgin Orbit, which is developing space launch technology which uses a modified 747 to send rockets into space, is planning to go public via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). According to UK publication Sky, Sir R…