Virgin soars towards new frontier
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SpaceShipOne pioneer Burt Rutan gives a glimpse of what fare-paying passengers can expect when they take their ride into space.
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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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SEPTEMBER 28, 2004 -- London -- The ultimate high-end incentive trip took another step closer to reality yesterday when Richard Branson, head of the Virgin Group, announced plans to launch commercial space flights by 2007.
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pioneering bid to win a $10 million (5.6 million pounds) prize and prove that space is open for business. space travel as ordinary as a Caribbean cruise.
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Space tourism, a long-cherished dream of mankind, is a step closer to being realised with the announcement by tycoon Richard Branson that his Virgin Atlantic airline has signed a technology licensing deal with a US company.
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Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd., the carrier founded by UK billionaire Richard Branson, plans to start a new airline in partnership with the Nigerian government.
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NEW YORK - Future thrill-seekers will ride a sleek spacecraft berthed under a massive, twin-boom mothership to the fringe of space in a design unveiled Wednesday by Virgin Galactic.
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Seasobed Sir Richard Branson watchers could be forgiven for thinking there was nothing left on the planet to escape the red and white Virgin logo.
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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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Richard Branson says the Virgin Global Flyer is looking good for its solo trip around the world without refuelling.
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Sir Richard Branson has announced that the Virgin Group have set up a special company to offer commercial space flights by the year 2007.
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Richard Branson, the British tycoon known for daredevil exploits in a speedboat, a hot-air balloon and an amphibious car, wants to take a giant leap into the final frontier -- and to give a lift out of this world to similarly intrepid paying passengers.
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The designer of the SpaceShipOne vessel, which cracked the barrier to manned commercial space flight earlier this year, signs a deal with Virgin Airways' Richard Branson to build more spacecraft based on that design.
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Sir Richard Branson is abandoning cyberspace as he heads for outer space. Branson, whose privately owned Virgin Group operates a wide range of businesses, on Monday announced plans to launch the world's first ...
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Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson announces an agreement to secure the first commercial flights into space.
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LONDON  - British entrepreneur Richard Branson said Monday that his Virgin company plans to launch commercial space flights over the next few years.
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Astronomical price gets you astronautical experience New designs for Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket plane and the WhiteKnightTwo mothership were unveiled in New York today, supposedly bringing commercial space travel once step nearer.â¦