Will Virgin Galactic Abandon the Space Tourism Business?
In June 2024, space tourism pioneer Virgin Galactic ( SPCE -4.67%) launched its Unity spaceplane with a planeload of space ...
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Blue Origin vs. Virgin Galactic: A Guide to Their Space Tourism Flights
In July 2021, space tourism made headlines as Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin launched back-to-back suborbital flights, showcasing the future of recreational space travel. While both companies aim ...
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Virgin Galactic's postponing its first human test flight out of Spaceport America due to COVID-19 restrictions in New Mexico
Virgin Galactic announced Monday that it's postponing a pivotal crewed spaceflight that it planned to launch in mid-November due to new COVID-19 restrictions in New Mexico. The company originally ...
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Spaceport: Not rocketing tourists into space
was supposed to be rocketing tourists into space. But after the crash in October of Virgin Galactic's spaceship during a test flight, plans for sending tourists into space has been halted for at ...
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Virgin Galactic sees demand for space travel surge
Virgin Galactic has said it will release more tickets for flights into space amid surging demand. Sir Richard Branson's firm, which completed its first sub-orbital test flight in 2018, said it had ...
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Virgin Galactic threatens to cancel contract with U.S. spaceport over liability protection
Virgin Galactic has threatened to pull its support from the publicly financed $209m (£130m) “spaceport” in southern New Mexico, in the US, unless lawmakers extend the company’s waiver of ...
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Branson's Virgin Galactic reaches edge of space
The latest test flight by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic successfully rocketed to the edge of space and back. The firm's SpaceShipTwo passenger rocket ship reached a height of 82.7km ...