Richard Branson finally got his trip to space on Sunday. It has been a very long wait for Mr. Branson, the irreverent, 70-year-old British billionaire who leads a galaxy of Virgin companies. In 2004, he founded Virgin Galactic to provide adventurous tourists with rides on rocket-powered planes to the edge […]
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Sir Richard Branson, the business magnate behind the Virgin empire, became the second-oldest person to fly into space today (July 11). Launching from Virgin Galactic’s base of operations at Spaceport America in New Mexico, Sir Richard, 70, and a crew of three flight specialists soared to an altitude above 50 […]
The space race used to be between superpowers, but now it’s between the super-rich and everyone else. Last month, Jeff Bezos announced that soon after leaving behind the role of CEO of Amazon, he’d be leaving Earth, too. At this point, it would not be outside the realm of Elon […]
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M., July 11 (Reuters) – British billionaire Richard Branson climbed into his Virgin Galactic passenger rocket plane on Sunday to ride more than 50 miles (80 km) above the New Mexico desert in the vehicle’s first fully crewed test flight to the edge of space. Branson, one […]
Virgin Galactic tweeted early on Sunday: “Wake up and watch the launch of the next space age! Our crew of #Unity22 mission specialists including @RichardBranson are just hours away from our test flight launch.” How to watch the Virgin Galactic launch live online: Courtesy of Virgin Galactic, you can watch […]
Richard Branson may soon have new bragging rights. The British entrepreneur is aiming to earn his astronaut wings Sunday, attempting to fly to space aboard a rocket-powered vehicle developed by his space tourism company, Virgin Galactic. Though just a test flight, the expedition — Virgin Galactic’s first with a full […]
July is a frantic month for the two billionaires racing to kick off space tourism, with Richard Branson’s SpaceShipTwo set to launch on Sunday with the British entrepreneur on board just days ahead of rival and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in his rocket. Branson’s extraterrestrial venture, Virgin Galactic, will send […]
Christophe Gateau/picture alliance via Getty Images, Drew Angerer/Getty Images Richard Branson is set to make history on Sunday by becoming the first person to launch to the edge of space on his own company’s commercial vehicle, and Elon Musk might be there to watch him make the trip. Musk, the […]