Branson&#39;s Virgin Group Plans to Offer Space Flights in 2007
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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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Virgin America Airlines, the low-cost carrier with marketing ties to British entrepreneur Richard Branson, will begin ticket sales on Thursday after being given permission earlier this month to operate flights within the United States.
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&quot;Star Trek&quot; star William Shatner and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Dave Navarro are among thousands who want to fly on Virgin&#39;s proposed commercial space flights, company chief Richard Branson said Friday.
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Richard Branson, famed entrepreneur from Great Britain, has announced that he will launch the first passenger space service in 2007.
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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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Sir Richard Branson has unveiled a mock-up of the rocket-powered vehicle that will carry clients into space through his Virgin Galactic business.
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British entrepreneur Richard Branson said Monday that his company plans to launch commercial space flights over the next few years.
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&quot;Virgin has been in talks with Paul Allen and Burt [Rutan] throughout this year and in the early hours of Saturday signed a historical deal to license SpaceShipOne&#39;s technology to build the world&#39;s
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British airline magnate Richard Branson announces a hugely ambitious plan for the world&#39;s first commercial space flights, saying he will send &quot;thousands&quot; of fee-paying astronauts into orbit in the next five years.
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SIR Richard Branson has said one of the next projects he wants to undertake is building a Virgin hotel in space. The multi-millionaire entrepreneur is working on plans for Virgin Galactic Airways and has designers
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High-flying Brit entrepreneur Richard Branson today announced the imminent take-off of the &quot;VSS Virgin&quot; - a scaled-up version of Burt Rutan&#39;s SpacShipOne - which will offer well-to-do wannabe astronauts the chance of zero-grav flights for a mere Â£100,000
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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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This week, Sir Richard Branson announced his new company, Virgin Galactic, has the rights to the first commercial flights into space.
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British tycoon Richard Branson urged airlines and airport operators to join his Virgin Atlantic carrier in an ambitious plan to curb the aviation industry's contribution to global warming.
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Space company Virgin Galactic urges the government to allow it to launch passenger flights from the UK.
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Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism faces a myriad of safety concerns &#151; in the sky and on the ground &#151; that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off.
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LOS ANGELES - Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism industry faces a myriad of safety concerns - in the sky and on the ground - that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off...