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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 edge of space in 2022.
Billionaire Richard Branson, who founded Virgin Galactic in 2004, was aboard the company’s SpaceShipTwo space plane on Sunday morning. He served as a “mission specialist,” testing the passenger experience for future customers. Three other Virgin Galactic employees did the same: Beth Moses, the company’s chief astronaut instructor; Colin Bennett, its lead operation
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Sir Richard Branson has added more than £1.3billion to his wealth in just the past fortnight after shares in his company Virgin Galactic surged to a new high.
The 70-year-old billionaire has seen the stock more than double in value already this year as he benefited from investors in the Reddit-fulled frenzy focusing on it.
It means he now has a record net worth of £5.7billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with his Virgin Galactic stake making up almost half of his fortune.
The stock soared by 22 per cent to $53.79 in one day yesterday, having been trading at about $40 only last week, $30 the week before and $25 the week before that.
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