Virgin unveils spaceship designs
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Virgin Galactic shows off the final design of the launch system that will take fare-paying passengers into space.
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LONDON -- 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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British tycoon Richard Branson announced a plan for the world's first commercial space flights, saying &quot;thousands&quot; of fee-paying astronauts could be sent into orbit in the near future.
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Tycoon Richard Branson unveiled his newest spaceship and said that test flights for the vessel would begin this year.
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PASADENA, Calif. There could be something new under the sun next year -- the first controlled flight by a spaceship designed to run off solar wind.
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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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LONDON-September 27, 2004 - A ticket may soon be all that separates you from a dream voyage to the final frontier. British entrepreneur Richard Branson says Virgin company plans to start offering commercial space flights over the next few years.
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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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NASA has chosen two aerospace companies to develop a commercial spaceship capable of flying cargo to the International Space Station.
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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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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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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 &#151; in the sky and on the ground &#151; that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off.
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A British multimillionaire, Richard Branson, has just signed a substantial contract with the makers of SpaceShipOne for the development and construction of passenger-carrying space vehicles.
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On Monday, Virgin Group subsidiary Virgin Digital launched an online store designed to leverage the name recognition of its brick-and-mortar Virgin Megastore while competing with a subscription-based model.
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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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Richard Branson has announced plans for the VSS (Virgin Space Ship) Enterprise, the first of several planned &quot;space liners&quot; to be built with a total investment of $110 million.