Seattle-based Alaska Air Group is close to a $ 2 billion deal to purchase Virgin America, beating out a rival bid...
Alaska Air Group reportedly closes in on $2 billion purchase of Virgin America
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Boom moves ahead on supersonic plane project, with help from Virgin Galactic
Remember the Concorde? Boom Technology has picked up a high-profile set of allies in its quest to revive supersonic passenger jets: British...
Virgin Galactic set to unveil second SpaceShipTwo, 16 months after tragic loss of the first one
MOJAVE, Calif. – Virgin Galactic is rolling out a second SpaceShipTwo rocket plane for its public debut today, more than six years after the first SpaceShipTwo’s rollout...
Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson ribs space billionaires amid Blue Origin buzz
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture may have done another flight test, and Elon Musk’s SpaceX is making waves with its rocket progress – but don’t forget about Richard Branson. “Our spaceship comes back and lands on wheels. Theirs don’t,” the billionaire founder of Virgin...
Virgin Galactic gets a 747 jet to serve as flying launch pad for its LauncherOne rocket
Virgin Galactic showed off its latest mothership today: a Boeing 747-400 jet that it acquired from its corporate cousins at Virgin Atlantic to serve as the platform for its LauncherOne rocket. LauncherOne is designed to be launched from a high-flying carrier airplane and send small-scale satellites into orbit. It will use a liquid-fueled engine called Newton, which...