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Jeff Bezos to fly into space aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket today
Science | Jul 20, 2021, 10:28 AM ISTJeff Bezos is all set to fly to the edge of space, beyond the Karman line today along with three others.
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VIRAL: Netizens think 'The Simpsons' predicted Richard Branson's stint in space and they have proof
offbeat | Jul 13, 2021, 11:13 AM ISTNickyanka wedding, Trump's presidential election and now Richard Branson's space stint, netizens are convinced that there's a time traveler in 'The Simpsons' team.
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Virgin Galactic cuts short first rocket-powered spaceflight
Science | Dec 13, 2020, 02:15 PM ISTThe company had been planning to reach space with the test flight on Saturday but the spaceplane's engine cut off too early. Following the incident, the vehicle's two pilots flew back to Spaceport America and landed safely.
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Richard Branson's SpaceShipTwo boasting: Over-confidence or height of passion?
World | Nov 06, 2014, 09:16 PM ISTWe all grew up listening, "try and try until you succeed", but guess Richard Branson has taken that learning way too seriously!Just days after the crash of Virgin Galactic's 'SpaceShipTwo' that left one pilot dead,
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CEO: Virgin Galactic looks to resume tests in 2015
World | Nov 06, 2014, 07:01 AM ISTNew Mexico: The space tourism company that suffered a tragic setback when its experimental rocket-powered spaceship broke apart over the California desert could resume test flights as early as next summer if it can finish
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Many questions still unanswered in spaceship crash
World | Nov 04, 2014, 08:29 AM ISTLos Angeles: Federal accident investigators have an early sense of what went wrong before an experimental spaceship designed to carry tourists beyond the Earth's atmosphere broke apart during a test flight. But they still don't
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A look at Virgin Galactic's feathering technology
World | Nov 04, 2014, 07:37 AM ISTCalifornia: The Virgin Galactic spaceship destroyed when it broke apart high over the Mojave Desert was designed to take tourists on a fleeting thrill ride through the lower reaches of space.On the way back down,
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Probe of space tourism rocket crash may take year
World | Nov 02, 2014, 05:02 PM ISTMojave, California : Billionaire Richard Branson is promising to find out what caused the crash of his Virgin Galactic prototype space tourism rocket that killed a test pilot, but U.S. federal investigators are cautioning that
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Capsule to send Singaporean to near-space unveiled
World | Nov 01, 2014, 08:13 PM ISTSingapore: A Singapore company's project to send the first Singaporean to near-space touched a major milestone Saturday, with the unveiling of the space capsule.IN.Genius hopes to launch a pilot in a helium stratospheric balloon craft
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Bieber to visit space?
Hollywood | Jun 08, 2013, 10:45 AM ISTLos Angeles, June 8 :Singer Justin Bieber is reportedly the latest celebrity to join the list of people who will be travelling to space in Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space tourism programme, which begins next