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Virgin Galactic’s First Space Tourists Blast Off [Video]
11 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
This first private customer flight had been delayed for years; its success means Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic can now start offering monthly rides, joining Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the space tourism business.
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Virgin Galactic Launches First Commercial Space Flight This Afternoon – Watch It Live
29 Jun 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Virgin Galactic will be taking passengers and crew on a 90-minute suborbital ride this afternoon as the ‘spaceplane’ blasts them up to about 80km above the New Mexico desert.
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Thursday Morning Spice
29 Jun 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Madonna found unresponsive and admitted to ICU, Kevin Spacey in court for sexual assault trail, Victory for Amazon HQ in Cape Town, and Human remains from Titan submersible recovered.
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Friday Morning Spice
26 May 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Chinese hackers attack US infrastructure, Virgin Galactic send astronauts briefly into space, Organised crime figure and family gunned down in Constantia, and Is there life after death?
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NYC To London In 1 Hour – Welcome To The Age Of Supersonic Travel
16 May 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
A new study claims that supersonic flights could become a reality within the next 10 years, with jet-setters being able to fly from the UK to Australia in just two hours before the decade is out.
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Holly Branson’s Pretty Low-Key Compared To Her Father
12 Apr 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Sir Richard Branson has never been shy of an attention-grabbing antic or two, whereas his daughter doesn’t seem to have a pretentious, showy, spotlit life in the least.
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Richard Branson’s Space Flight Was Actually A Bit Of A Disaster
03 Sep 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
It looks like Virgin Galactic was more concerned with making sure that Branson would be the first billionaire in space than it was about properly implementing safety protocols.
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Seems Like Ashton Kutcher Regrets Flogging His Space Ticket
15 Jul 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Ashton Kutcher sold his ticket to space onboard Richard Branson’s rocketship because his wife, Mila Kunis, said she didn’t think that it was a “smart family decision”.
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Richard Branson In Space [Videos]
12 Jul 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Travelling alongside a crew of five, Branson went just a little over 80 kilometres above Earth, reached suborbital space for a few seconds, and bested his billionaire rivals.
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“Three Times Faster Than The Speed Of Sound” – Virgin Galactic Reveals New Supersonic Jet [Video]
04 Aug 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Virgin Galactic isn’t only trying to take tourists to space, because it also wants to transport people across the planet at breakneck speeds.
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Take A Look Inside Virgin Galactic’s Spaceship Cabin [Videos]
29 Jul 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For the first time, Virgin Galactic is showing off the inside of SpaceShipTwo, a crew cabin for up to six passengers and two pilots that could make space tourism history.
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Virgin Galactic’s Spaceplane Just Went Over Halfway To Space
27 Jul 2018 by Reinhardt / No Comments
Another successful test flight means that passengers could soon be visiting space, and it’s sooner than you think.
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How Authorities Turned A Blind Eye As Richard Branson Got Carried Away With Virgin Galactic
29 Jul 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Richard Branson can talk a pretty good game and carries with him some considerable financial clout. It looks like both of those assets may have been used to his advantage.
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Monday Morning Spice
03 Nov 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Branson casts doubt on future of spaceflight. Last night’s power-failure was not scheduled load-shedding. Farm evictions banned. Schumacher losing race. Woman in jail for watching volleyball.
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Branson’s First Commercial Launch Is Very Soon, With Space Hotel Plans Underway
12 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The first launch of Virgin Galactic’s space flight is expected to happen within in the next three months. It’s launch will be the first commercial trip to space ever. With the historical moment soon approaching, billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has set his sights on building hotels in space.
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Reporter Reveals Why He Thinks Virgin Galactic May Never Achieve Space Flight
31 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In Branson Behind the Mask, investigative reporter Tom Bower suggests Virgin Galactic may never achieve space flight. In all actuality there is little in Bower’s book that is not already known about Galactic’s dismal record so far. Branson is a sitting duck because he has so frequently over-promised on his bid to introduce so-called space tourism.
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Whoah! Stunning Footage Of Virgin Galactic’s Latest Supersonic Test Flight [VIDEO]
21 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This new SpaceShipTwo rocket-powered test flight video documents the piloted vehicle’s flight on 10 January of this year, which set a company altitude record by reaching 71,000 feet (21,641 meters). SpaceShipTwo also attained a top speed of Mach 1.4, which is roughly 1,225 kph.
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Thursday Morning Spice
19 Sep 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Branson ready for lift off. Powerball winning numbers. Cape expecting snow. Assad needs a year. Heavyweight champ dies. Facebook publishes suicide girl in dating ad. Snoop Dogg’s instagram weed pic is hilarious. Zuck has a go at Obama.
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Historic Virgin Galactic SpaceShip2’s Supersonic Flight [VIDEO + GALLERY]
30 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
First flight of the SpaceShipTwo goes supersonic. Virgin Galactic’s rocket has taken flight over California with Richard Branson watching every move. Watch SpaceShipTwo’s first flight.
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The World Without Richard Branson [Infographic]
17 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Richard Branson is the most prolific, if not the best entrepreneur in the world. Having grown his company from nothing, he is now the man behind commercial space travel – quite literally proving that the sky is not the limit. Forbes paid homage to the man with an infographic on what the world would be like without him.
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I’m Seriously Considering Going To Space
14 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
That’s right, I am officially considering it. I spent some time with Virgin Galactic‘s Commerical Director, Stephen Attenborough (no relation, but an appropriate coincidence, nonetheless) the other day, as we shot the breeze at the Mount Nelson hotel. ETV News captured our conversation, so keep an eye out for the Tech Report on Thursday nights (channel […]
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Meet Virgin Galactic’s First Astronaut
11 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Dave MacKay, 53-year-old British pilot, will be the first captain of Virgin Galactic‘s commercial space fleet, taking up the role first with the maiden voyage of SpaceShipTwo, scheduled for 2013. MacKay has over 30 years of regular flying experience, but like pretty much everybody, he’s wanted to fly spaceships since he was a kid.
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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Test Flight [VIDEO]
19 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, the commercial spaceflight vehicle, recently had its seventh test flight, dropped from a height of 15km to see if it could adjust speed and bearing with various wing configurations. Which sounds technically fancy, but really just looks insanely cool.
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Virgin America Spices Up Opening Ceremony With Spaceships
07 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday, Virgin America held an opening ceremony for their new Terminal 2 at San Francisco International Airport; press were ushered onto a waiting aircraft, and told to keep an eye out for Virgin-Galactic-related-things after takeoff. After about 20 minutes they were asked to look out of their windows, because White Knight 2 and Spaceship 2 were doing fly-byes.
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