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FAA revises criteria for commercial astronaut wings

EL PASO, Texas — The Federal Aviation Administration has revised its criteria for awarding astronaut wings to those flying on commercial spacecraft, making...

Bezos flies to space on Blue Origin’s first crew launch

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took his brother, a pioneering female pilot,...

Virgin Galactic president Mike Moses on what’s next for the company’s growing fleet

This last weekend featured the much-ballyhooed launch of Virgin Galactic’s first (nonpaying) passengers, with founder and CEO Richard Branson along for the ride....

How Velocity upgraded Australian dad to Space Class for Galactic flight

The Australian dad-of-three lined up to take a seat on a future Virgin Galactic flight into suborbital space has revealed how he won...

Branson reaches space aboard Virgin spaceplane

Virgin Australia co-founder Sir Richard Branson has officially completed his mission to become the first of the billionaires currently investing in space tourism...

Virgin Galactic, Branson laud SpaceShipTwo flight “beyond my wildest dreams”

SPACEPORT AMERICA, N.M. — Virgin Galactic and its founder, Richard Branson, hailed a successful test flight by the company’s SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane that...

Branson flies to edge of space on SpaceShipTwo

SPACEPORT AMERICA, N.M. — Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson and five other people flew to the edge of space on the company’s SpaceShipTwo...

Virgin Galactic’s Branson ready for space launch aboard rocket plane

By Steve Gorman TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (Reuters) -British billionaire Richard Branson prepared on Sunday to climb into his Virgin Galactic passenger rocket...

Virgin-founder Richard Branson heads for space Sunday

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION After nearly two decades of...

First fully-crewed Virgin Galactic spaceflight gets ready for launch

The next rocket-powered test flight of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Unity will take place from 11th July, pending weather and technical checks. The Unity 22...

It’s official: Branson will beat Bezos to space by 9 days

British aviation entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson will claim the title of the first billionaire to blast off to suborbital space aboard his own...

Branson to be on next SpaceShipTwo flight July 11

WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson will be on the company’s next flight of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle July 11, going to...

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