Richard Branson

• Virgin Galactic launches rocket plane in space tourism venture

  Virgin becomes the latest commercial enterprise catering to wealthy customers willing to pay large sums of money to experience the exhilaration of travelling to space.

  World

  Jun 29, 2023
  
• FAA grounds Virgin Galactic over Richard Branson’s wobbly trip to space

  Richard Branson narrowly beat Jeff Bezos in their race to the edge of space, but his craft won't be going back any time soon.

  Science

  Sep 3, 2021
  
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• Canadian-made space telescope to search for distant planets, explore ‘origins of life’

  The Canadian Space Agency has granted $1.1 million to a research team led by a Quebec astrophysicist to develop a new space telescope.

  Education

  Aug 7, 2021
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• Virgin Galactic reopens space flight sales starting at $450,000 a seat

  The space tourism company said Thursday it is making progress toward beginning revenue flights next year. It will sell single seats, package deals and entire flights.

  World

  Aug 5, 2021
• Jeff Bezos blasted for ‘phallic’ rocket flight into space on Blue Origin

  Critics saw Bezos' spacecraft as a metaphor for his billionaire rocket-measuring contest with Elon Musk and Richard Branson.

  Trending

  Jul 21, 2021
• Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder, returns to Earth after Blue Origin space flight

  The all-civilian crew launched at 9 a.m. ET and were in flight for 10 minutes and 20 seconds, flying 107 kilometres above the Earth’s surface.

  World

  Jul 20, 2021
• Winnipeg woman pays $200K to join Virgin Galactic flight to space

  "I'm so looking forward to it," Judy Anderson said.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2021
• Billionaire space race: Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson reaches the stars

  It's the company's fourth trip to the edge of space. The first successful launch took place in 2018 -- following two failures, both of which suffered casualties.

  World

  Jul 11, 2021
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• What you need to know about Virgin Galactic boss Richard Branson’s trip to space

  Branson assigned himself to Virgin Galactic's first full-scale crew, jumping ahead of Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos.

  Science

  Jul 9, 2021
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• Race to the stars: Richard Branson to go to space 9 days before Jeff Bezos

  Virgin Galatic announced Thursday evening that its next test flight will be July 11 and that its founder will be among the six people on board.

  World

  Jul 1, 2021