Â£800M PLEDGED FOR VIRGIN BOSS&#39;S SPACE TRIPS
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MORE than Â£800million has been pledged to Sir Richard Branson&#39;s space travel adventure - - years before the ship has even been built.
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Virgin Group Ltd., owned by billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, said it formed a company called Virgin Galactic to offer commercial space flights starting in 2007.
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AUSTRALIAN bubbly would be available on Virgin&#39;s first flights into space, British tycoon Richard Branson promised today. The Virgin airlines founder hopes five space ships, each carrying five passengers and
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'Earth to Richard Branson, over...' LogoWatch We at the Vulture Central LogoWatch Soviet have a shameful admission to make this morning: we've been holding off on reporting on the new Virgin Galactic logo in the hope that, in return for our silence, Sir Richard Branson would call and offer us the free space-flight ticket which William Shatner recently turned down.â¦
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British airline magnate Richard Branson announced a hugely ambitious plan for the world's first commercial space flights, saying he would send &quot;thousands&quot; of fee-paying astronauts into orbit in the next five years.
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Anyone who wants to go into space will be able to do so soon, as long as they&#39;ve got a spare Â£100,000 that is. That&#39;s how much a seat will cost on a new service from Sir Richard Branson&#39;s company, called Virgin Galactic.
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[World News] London, Sep 27 : British billionaire Richard Branson Monday announced his company Virgin Atlantic airlines would launch the world&#39;s first commercial space flight in the near future, Xinhua reports.
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ST. LOUIS - Creators of SpaceShipOne, the rocket plane that completed two manned space flights from a Southern California airport in a competition meant to promote private space travel, will get the $10 million
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British billionaire Richard Branson said his Virgin Group wants to increase flights to India and invest in the Indian domestic carrier business to tap into a fast-expanding passenger market.
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Sir Richard Branson, airline mogul and adventurer, announced plans yesterday to boldly go where no private transport company has gone before -- into space.
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Hop aboard the 'VSS Virgin' - for &#163;100k
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LONDON - The founder of Virgin Atlantic Airlines is spreading his wings. No longer content with conquering the skies, Richard Branson has set his sights higher-- much higher.
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Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson announces plans to secure the first commercial flights into space.
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A ticket may soon be all that separates you from a dream voyage to the final frontier. British entrepreneur Richard Branson said Virgin company -- which includes an airline -- plans to start offering commercial space flights over the next few years.
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Sir Richard Branson has unveiled a mock-up of the Virgin vehicle that will carry customers into space.
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&quot;Star Trek&quot; star William Shatner, the former Captain of the USS Enterprise is willing to pay US$210,000 for a seat on one of Virgin Group&#39;s first proposed commercial space flights.
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LONDON  -- British airline magnate Richard Branson announced a hugely ambitious plan for the world's first commercial space flights, saying he would send "thousands" of fee-paying astronauts into orbit in the next five years.       Branson, a flamboyant communicator and high-profile tycoon, said his Virgin Atlantic airline had signed a technology licensing deal with the US company behind SpaceShipOne, which in June became the first private manned craft to travel to space...