Bezos pauses space tourism. Can Branson’s Virgin Galactic 'fill that gap?'

Blue Origin paused its space tourism program in Texas, leaving Virgin Galactic to fill the void. Richard Branson's company ...
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Virgin Galactic paused spaceflights in June 2024. Here's when missions could resume

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than a year has gone by since Virgin Galactic last sent a group of civilian passengers to the edge of space from the New ...
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Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity Airborne Again

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity last week completed its seventh flight over the Mojave Desert, the first since last summer. The flight was designed to validate work completed during recent months of ...
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Virgin Galactic Retires ‘Unity,’ Plans Bigger Replacement

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity space tourism vehicle has been retired after its seventh flight on Saturday, and it will be at least two years before replacement craft are ready. “The learnings we have ...

With Bezos’s Blue Origin Bowing Out of Space Tourism, Richard Branson Wants to Step Up

Virgin Galactic is ready to take the lead in the space tourism race, after Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin halted operations of its ...
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Virgin Galactic Completes First Commercial Flight in Major Step for Space Tourism Company

This was CNBC's live blog covering Virgin Galactic's first commercial spaceflight, Galactic 01. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Space tourism company Virgin Galactic, founded ...
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Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic completes its 1st fully crewed spaceflight

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Virgin Galactic successfully completed its first fully crewed spaceflight over the weekend. The company says its flight on Sunday was its first test flight with a full crew onboard ...