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Virgin Voyages’ 3rd ship completes sea trials, heads to Puerto Rico this fall

Richard Branson’s cruise venture Virgin Voyages will be full up in Miami as it brings two ships to sail from the Magic City this fall. So for its newest ship Resilient Lady, the line is venturing to Puerto Rico to take on the Southern Caribbean.

Orlando Sentinel

Space Swap: Richard Branson Wants Trip With SpaceX, Suggests Elon Musk Flies With Virgin Galactic

After a trip to space last summer on his own rocket plane, Sir Richard Branson now wants to take another journey beyond the clouds, but this time in a SpaceX rocket.

Benzinga

Ax-1: why the private mission to the International Space Station is a game changer

It’s not long since billionaires were competing to get to the “edge of space”. Now, the first set of private citizens are getting ready to take a SpaceX shuttle up to the International Space Station (ISS). Unlike the short “joyrides” of Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos, this mission will be…

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Inside Sir Freddie Laker's no-frills Skytrain airline and its turbulent collapse

Millionaire Sir Freddie Laker’s no-frills Skytrain airline went bust 40 years ago - we look back at the man who Richard Branson said was a mentor and the airline's turbulent descent

Daily Mirror

Bernie Sanders Urges 'Oligarchs' Musk, Bezos to Pay More Taxes

Sanders took shots at Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos over their space exploration ambitions.

The Street

Bernie Sanders Is Wrong About the American 'Oligarchs'

"Multi-billionaires like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson are off taking joyrides on their rocket ships to outer space. They are buying $500 million superyachts."

Reason

This Morning's Holly Willoughby 'proud' of 'hidden disability'

Holly spoke about her condition and said she 'doesn't see it as a disability'

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Holly Willoughby 'proud' of being dyslexic and says it 'shouldn't be a disability'

Mother-of-three Holly Willoughby opened up about being dyslexic during Thursday's This Morning and says she sees it 'as a real feather' in her cap and doesn't think of it as a hidden disability

Daily Mirror

Richard Branson hails LinkedIn for adding ‘Dyslexic Thinking’ as official skill

The platform is recognising the term as a valuable skill which can be added to member profiles.

The Independent UK

Tom Sachs: Taking NFTs Where No Man Has Gone Before

The artist's Rocket Factory project, which lets users build and own their own virtual spacecraft, is changing how we think about reality.

Reason

Artist Tom Sachs: 'Apple Could Never Make Anything as Shitty as the Things I Make'

The Rocket Factory NFT project stands at the intersection of crypto, the metaverse, and persistent human longing for the new frontier.

Reason

Tesla's Elon Musk Speaks Up for Ukraine, Amazon's Jeff Bezos Hasn't

Amazon has offered aid, but it won't close Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Russia.

The Street

Jessie J 'growing close' to basketball star Chanan Safir Colman on private island

Jessie J has moved on from her relationship with Channing Tatum and is reportedly growing a romance while on a sunshine break on Sir Richard Branson's private Necker Island

Daily Mirror

Jennifer Lopez joins crew of Virgin Voyages cruise line with important new role

Superstar has been given version of the traditional ship's godmother role and will be known as chief entertainment and lifestyle officer

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Manchester Evening News

Stars light up the Arndale in fascinating throwback photos - from teenage Ed Sheeran to Roberto Mancini

The shopping centre has attracted a host of big names over the years

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh's huge new Virgin Hotel will have swanky restaurant with courtyard

Richard Branson's new lifestyle hotel will open in Edinburgh in the coming months, and his Glasgow venture will follow, as the billionaire tycoon branches out in Scotland

Orlando Sentinel

Virgin Voyages joins the new cruise terminal party in Miami

ORLANDO, Fla. — While Richard Branson’s cruise venture Virgin Voyages made its Miami debut last fall, it finally has its own little corner of the Magic City to call home.

AFP

World funds own destruction with $1.8 tn subsidies: study

London (AFP) - The world must by 2030 slash $1.8 trillion in annual subsidies that destroy the environment, in order to "finance a net-zero global economy", according to a study Thursday from business groups including one founded by tycoon Richard Branson.

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Benzinga

Will Virgin Galactic (SPCE) Go To The Moon Anytime Soon?

Sir Richard Branson's space tourism company Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) had its official IPO on the New York Stock exchange on October 28, 2019. The official IPO followed the merger with a public-traded special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC), which had its IPO in September 2017.

AFP

Virgin Galactic re-opens ticket sales for $450,000

Washington (AFP) - Virgin Galactic, which last year flew its flamboyant founder Richard Branson to space, will re-open ticket sales to the general public starting Wednesday, for the sum of $450,000.

The Independent UK

Destination Space: tickets go on sale for Virgin Galactic flights into orbit

Price tag for Sir Richard Branson’s orbital adventure is over £330,000

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