It was conceived to launch his space tourism venture Virgin Galactic – and proclaim the dawn of a new era that would “bring the dream of space travel for many millions closer to reality”. “Within five ...
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Founded by Sir Richard Branson in 2004, Virgin Galactic is the world’s first commercial spaceline. However, the brand didn’t always focus on space travel. Virgin-branded ...
Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin kickstarted the space ... Polaris Dawn, in which four non-NASA astronauts flew to an orbit 450 miles above Earth (3 times the height of the International Space ...
Now that Virgin Galactic has proven that it can take people safely to space and back, it faces a supply-and-demand problem. As Mike Moses, a former director of NASA’s space shuttle program and ...