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Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has kicked off its first-ever all-tourist trip into the upper atmosphere, but not space.
Off-World

Richard Branson Blasts Daredevils a Bit High, But Definitely Not Into Space

By Victor Tangermann

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit has announced that it will cut a total of 675 jobs, roughly 85 percent of its workforce, in a SEC filing today.
Off-World

Richard Branson Sacks 85% of Virgin Orbit

By Victor Tangermann

Virgin Orbit's financial woes have apparently deepened to the point that it has reportedly had to furlough its staff while looking for new money.
Off-World

Virgin’s Satellite Launch Company Is in Deep Financial Doo-Doo

By Noor Al-Sibai

Richard Branson says that Elon Musk surprised him in his kitchen at 2am, hours before Branson's first trip to Almost Space with Virgin Galactic.
Off-World

Richard Branson Says Elon Musk Showed Up at His House at 2am

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Virgin Galactic announced that is has lost an astonishing $1 billion in 2020 and 2021, a colossal figure, given it made only $3.5 million in those years.
Off-World

Virgin Galactic Lost an Absolutely Staggering Amount of Money Last Year

By Victor Tangermann

Virgin Galactic announced on July 12, the day after Branson's flight, that it was selling $500 million in stock. Now, the company is grounded by the FAA.
Future Society

Virgin Galactic Dumped $500 Million in Stocks Before Bad News Dropped

By Victor Tangermann

The Federal Aviation Administration is grounding Virgin Galactic until further notice, following a troubling report about Richard Branson's maiden voyage.
Off-World

FAA Grounds Virgin Galactic Indefinitely Following Reports of Chaotic Flight

By Victor Tangermann

As laid out by reporter Nicholas Schmidle in a revealing piece for The New Yorker, the crew on board Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity spacecraft veered way off course.
Off-World

Richard Branson’s Rocket Went Way Off Course During Spaceflight

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Denounces “Those Who Attack Space”
Off-World

Elon Musk Denounces “Those Who Attack Space”

By Victor Tangermann

Branson's flight was a testament to the years of hard work put in by Virgin Galactic's engineers — but to call it traveling to "space" would be a mistake.
Off-World

Richard Branson Didn’t Go to Space Yesterday, He Just Cruised Through the Upper Atmosphere

By Victor Tangermann

BREAKING: Richard Branson Successfully Flies to Space on Virgin Rocket
Off-World

BREAKING: Richard Branson Successfully Flies to Space on Virgin Rocket

By Tony Ho Tran

Richard Branson recently announced he would be traveling to space over a week before Jeff Bezos's own journey. Bezos is "seriously pissed off."
Blue Origin

Blue Origin Is Officially Feuding With Virgin Galactic

By Victor Tangermann

Richard Branson just announced that he's going to travel to space on a Virgin Galactic rocket, beating Jeff Bezos to space by nine days.
Off-World

Mischievous Richard Branson Slams Accelerator, Will Go to Space 9 Days Before Jeff Bezos

By Dan Robitzski

Following Virgin Orbit's successful launch of seven satellites earlier this morning, CEO Richard Branson threw a jab at the competition.
Off-World

Richard Branson Roasts Jeff Bezos Going to Space: “Jeff Who?”

By Victor Tangermann

Satellite delivery company Virgin Orbit just flew a Boeing 747 to a lofty height before launching a space rocket strapped to the bottom of one of its wings.
Off-World

Virgin Orbit Just Launched a Rocket Strapped to the Wing of a 747

By Victor Tangermann

Virgin CEO Richard Branson proposes to charge every company in the world a "Clean Energy Dividned" that will be used to invest in clean energy.
Energy

Richard Branson: Every Company Should Pay a Fee to Invest in Clean Energy

By Victor Tangermann