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Virgin Galactic launches rocket plane in space tourism ventureVirgin becomes the latest commercial enterprise catering to wealthy customers willing to pay large sums of money to experience the exhilaration of travelling to space.WorldJun 29, 2023
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FAA grounds Virgin Galactic over Richard Branson’s wobbly trip to spaceRichard Branson narrowly beat Jeff Bezos in their race to the edge of space, but his craft won't be going back any time soon.ScienceSep 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.EducationAug 7, 2021
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Virgin Galactic reopens space flight sales starting at $450,000 a seatThe 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.WorldAug 5, 2021
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Jeff Bezos blasted for ‘phallic’ rocket flight into space on Blue OriginCritics saw Bezos' spacecraft as a metaphor for his billionaire rocket-measuring contest with Elon Musk and Richard Branson.TrendingJul 21, 2021
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Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder, returns to Earth after Blue Origin space flightThe 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.WorldJul 20, 2021
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Winnipeg woman pays $200K to join Virgin Galactic flight to space"I'm so looking forward to it," Judy Anderson said.CanadaJul 11, 2021
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Billionaire space race: Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson reaches the starsIt'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.WorldJul 11, 2021
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What you need to know about Virgin Galactic boss Richard Branson’s trip to spaceBranson assigned himself to Virgin Galactic's first full-scale crew, jumping ahead of Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos.ScienceJul 9, 2021
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Race to the stars: Richard Branson to go to space 9 days before Jeff BezosVirgin 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.WorldJul 1, 2021
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