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'Secret' button in Virgin airplane overhead bins has internet buzzing: 'I always wondered'
If you’ve ever wondered how some flight attendants easily close the locker with a light push, it’s because there is something called a gas spring assist button.
Gruesome photos show Richard Branson's nasty injuries after falling from bike: 'I hit a pothole and crashed'
Branson, who resides in the British Virgin Islands, was seen in the photo alongside a man he identified as Alex Wilson.
Billionaire's Virgin Galactic grounded after part 'detaches' on $450K space tourism voyage
The pin was used to hold together the "mothership" VMS Eve that pilots the voyage and the rocket that carries tourists into outer space.
Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic flies its first tourists to the edge of space
Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic rocketed a handful of tourists, including a former British Olympian and a mother-daughter duo from the Caribbean, to the edge of space on Thursday. The feat...
Mother-daughter duo to blast off on Virgin Galactic after winning free rides
Keisha Schahaff, 46, and Anastasia Mayers, 18, will become the first mother-daughter duo in space when Virgin Galactic's second commercial space flight takes off on Aug. 10.
Return of the Concorde? Suborbital flights might soon get us anywhere in under two hours
Two decades after the demise of Concorde, a new generation of ultra high-speed aircraft could soon whisk us anywhere on Earth in under two hours
Virgin Galactic CEO slams space travel and Titan sub comparison: 'Apples and oranges'
Michael Colglazier also noted commercial space travel is tightly regulated by the federal government.
Richard Branson's $450K 'space tour' under fire after Titan sub tragedy
"Soooo they didnt learn with the sub?" one social media user wondered.
Virgin Galactic to launch first $450K-a-ticket commercial spaceflight this month
The once-in-a-lifetime trip costs a whopping $450,000.
Virgin Galactic takes massive step to launch customers into space
Six of the company's employees, including two pilots, landed at Spaceport America in southern New Mexico after the short up-and-down flight that included a few minutes of weightlessness.
Musk 'winning' fizzling billionaire space race even after rocket fail
Elon Musk is viewed as being ahead of competitors Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson in his quest to launch reusable rockets into outer space.
Flight attendant debunks most common plane myths, sets record straight on booze
A flight attendant shared a TikTok addressing the questions she gets asked most, from why you feel more drunk while in the air and where toilet waste really goes.
These people have spent $300K or more — and waited over a decade — to go to space
These adventurers are willing to pay $300K or more, and endure a years-long waitlist, for a rocket-ship ride.
Virgin Galactic's Branson meets with Ukraine's Zelensky
British billionaire Richard Branson met with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky Wednesday as he toured the war-torn country.
This is what happens if you die in space
The prospect of space tourism is exciting but it's also raising a lot of legal and moral questions about what happens when things go wrong.
Virgin Galactic distances itself from chairman over Uyghur remarks
Chamath Palihapitiya, a billionaire investor who also owns a minority stake in the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, faced a massive backlash for his remarks on the “All In” podcast over...
'You're going to space!' Mom, daughter win free flight on Virgin Galactic
Keisha Schahaff, 44, was filmed screaming with delight when Richard Branson surprised her at her home in Antigua with two tickets for a future Virgin Galactic space flight.
Virgin Galactic stock tanks 20 percent as it delays commercial flights
Shares Virgin Galactic tanked as much as 20 percent after it discovered potential issues with its spacecraft and announced the delay of its commercial tourism service to the end of...
Virgin Galactic shares surge after FAA clears it for launch, ends probe
The federal agency grounded Virgin Galactic earlier this month after media reports revealed that the company’s spacecraft went off course during its widely watched flight.
Cutting corners: FAA investigating Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic spaceflight
Sir Richard Branson beat his billionaire rivals to space, but now the feds are investigating whether the Virgin Galactic ship flew outside of its allowed clearance zone on its return...