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Richard Branson Is Flying Into Space Even Sooner Than Jeff Bezos

Billionaire Richard Branson’s space tourism company, Virgin Galactic, has confirmed that it will be flying its founder to space on its next test flight, on July 11. In the current space race for ...
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Space-Tourism Enters ‘Home Stretch' Toward Commercial Flight, Galactic CEO Says

Billionaire Richard Branson is moving Virgin Galactic's winged passenger rocket and more than 100 employees from California to a remote commercial launch and landing facility in southern New Mexico, ...

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson says 'honestly, there isn't' any competition between him and Jeff Bezos on upcoming spaceflights

Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson said during a "Today" show interview that he's not competing with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to get to space first.

Space tourists fly at their own risk — nobody is regulating their safety. Experts say ticket-holders are accepting their role in an 'experiment'

There are currently no regulations for Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic when it comes to public safety, air traffic, and environmental pollution.
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Virgin Galactic launch: Tourism spaceship reaches space on test flight over Mojave Desert

MOJAVE, Calif. -- Virgin Galactic's tourism spaceship climbed more than 50 miles high above California's Mojave Desert on Thursday, reaching for the first time what the company considers the boundary ...