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Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson and actor William Shatner are among the Commercial Space Astronaut Wings program's recipients.
The good news is people launching on space tourism flights in the future get to go into space. The bad news is that they will no longer be awarded commercial astronaut wings by the Federal Aviation Authority.
Virgin Galactic's shares fell down 13 percent after closing hours today, after announcing that it will be delaying the beginning of its commercial space flights to the fourth quarter of 2022.
Virgin Galactic via Reuters Virgin Galactic’s chief astronaut instructor Beth Moses embraces Richard Branson and other crew as he arrives to board the company’s passenger rocket plane VSS Unity at Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, July 11, 2021. Two pilots flew the company’s VSS Unity space plane 89km above Earth then landed safely. Virgin Galactic is poised to fly customers next year. Branson reached space before Jeff Bezos. Virgin Galactic has launched, flown, and landed its first full crew, positioning the company to start commercial tourist flights to the edg...
Naija247news is an investigative news platform that tracks news on Nigerian Economy, Business, Politics, Financial and Africa and Global Economy. Sir Richard Branson, after nearly 17 years of Virgin Galactic development, achieved his dream and reached space on Sunday. âI have dreamt of this moment since I was a kid, and honestly nothing could prepare you for the view of Earth from space,â Branson said after landing. The companyâs spacecraft VSS Unity launched above the skies of New Mexico on Sunday, with two pilots guiding the vehicle carrying the billionaire founder and three ...