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No, Branson, Bezos and their crews aren’t the first space tourists in history While experts say the flights by Branson and Bezos are ushering in a new era of space tourism, the billionaires are not the first space tourists. Author: Gabe Cohen Updated: 5:31 PM CDT July 19, 2021 The billionaire space race is heating up. On July 11, entrepreneur Richard Branson flew into space aboard his own Virgin Galactic space plane. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos plans to fly into space on July 20 aboard a ship developed by his company Blue Origin. Some experts say the launch by ...

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos' space race is heating up, and Texas gets a front-row seat Ken Ellis/Staff illustration FacebookTwitterEmail This is the first of three articles exploring the two men vying to dominate the commercial space industry and the two Texas towns where they are launching their spacecraft. Along the southern beaches and western mountains of Texas, two of the world’s richest men are launching rockets. Geography, wealth and an obsession with space have fueled the enterprises of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. But other than murals depicting their skyward-gazing faces in Brownsville ...

Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic prepare for launch Denise Chow Richard Branson may soon have new bragging rights. The British entrepreneur is aiming to earn his astronaut wings Sunday, attempting to fly to space aboard a rocket-powered vehicle developed by his space tourism company, Virgin Galactic. Though just a test flight, the expedition — Virgin Galactic’s first with a full crew — could be a major boost for the company, which is aiming to start commercial flights with paying customers in 2022. If successful, Branson’s trip to space would edge out fellow billionair...

Billionaires, livestreams and Stephen Colbert: Welcome to a new era of space flight Denise Chow A new kind of space race is set to begin this weekend. British entrepreneur and Virgin group founder Richard Branson will attempt to fly to space Sunday aboard his company's rocket-powered vehicle. It would mark the culmination of 17 years of work by his space tourism firm, Virgin Galactic. The launches so close to each other add drama to what some see as a race to space between the two billionaires, even as Branson, 70, has downplayed any rivalry. “I know nobody will believe me ...

We have a new nominee for Secretary of the Air Force as well.