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The flight, dubbed Galactic 01, comes two years after Branson himself rode along with five other Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (SPCE.N) personnel for the company's first fully crewed test spaceflight of its rocket plane, VSS Unity. Back then, Virgin Galactic officials said they expected to begin regular commercial operations in 2022 following additional test flights. Virgin Galactic had projected booking its first 1,000 paying customers, charging about $250,000 per seat, by the time commercial service opened. An earlier prototype of Virgin Galactic's rocket plane crashed during a test flight over California's Mojave Desert in 2014, killing one pilot and seriously injuring another. Billionaire rival Jeff Bezos, whose astro-tourist venture Blue Origin has already flown several commercial passenger flights, has disparaged Virgin Galactic as falling short of a true spaceflight experience.

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☆ Kerrisdale takes short position in Uranium Energy; shares fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

March 23 (Reuters) - Kerrisdale Capital said on Thursday that it had built a short position in Uranium Energy Corp (UEC.A), sending the miner's shares down more than 10%. The short seller said in a report that the company had failed to exploit a spike in uranium prices during the last two bull markets. Uranium Energy did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Kerrisdale said that of the company's stated 140 million pounds of estimated uranium resources in the United States, none can be mined profitably at current prices. "Only about a quarter of the resources will be economically viable even at the much higher uranium prices."

☆ Virgin Galactic finishes lengthy spacecraft upgrades, plans Q2 commercial service
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Joey Roulette | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Joe SkipperWASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (SPCE.N) has completed a lengthy upgrade period for its centerpiece tourist spacecraft, with commercial service on track to begin in the second quarter of 2023, the company said on Tuesday. This month, VSS Unity's twin-fuselage carrier plane VMS Eve made its first flight since 2021. Virgin Galactic is targeting monthly commercial missions after the Italian Air Force flight, a long-awaited cadence to handle the company's some 800 customers in line to fly. The company in February re-opened ticket sales to the public for spacecraft flights, setting prices at $450,000 per person with an initial deposit of $150,000. Each flight in space, over 50 miles (80 km) above ground, lasts roughly 10 minutes in microgravity, with VSS Unity launching mid-air from the center of its VMS Eve carrier plane.

☆ Cramer's lightning round: TransMedics is a total winner
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

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Companies Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc FollowNEW YORK, Nov 7 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday said British billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson must face shareholder claims he concealed problems in Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc's (SPCE.N) spaceship program, and sold hundreds of millions of dollars of stock at inflated prices. Lawyers for Virgin and Branson did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The lawsuit covers shareholders who owned the stock of either from July 10, 2019, to Oct. 14, 2021, when Virgin grounded Unity and delayed its commercial space travel service. In Monday afternoon trading, Virgin shares were up 5 cents at $4.97. The case is Kusnier et al v. Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc et al, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, No.

☆ Blue Origin начнет продавать билеты на космический туризм
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-05 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +3 min

Blue Origin - ракетная компания миллиардера Джеффа Безоса - готова начать продажу билетов на суборбитальные экскурсионные поездки на своем космическом корабле New Shepard. Ожидается, что Blue Origin вскоре объявит подробности о том, как желающим приобрести место, время первого рейса и стоимость билета, что в течение многих лет было тщательно охраняемым секретом внутри компании. На прошлой неделе Blue Origin заявила, что вскоре начнет продавать билеты после многих лет разработки и испытаний, которые серьезно отставали от графика. В капсуле есть шесть смотровых окон, по словам Blue Origin, они почти в три раза больше, чем на лайнере Boeing 747. В 2018 году один сотрудник Blue Origin, лично знакомый с тарифным планом, сказал, что компания начнет продавать билеты по цене от 200 000 до 300 000 долларов.

Persons: Shepard, Джефф Безоса, Ричард Брэнсон, Илона Маска, Брэнсон Organizations: Reuters, Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc, Shepard, Boeing, SpaceX, Virgin, NASA, NASA SpaceX, Безосу, Счетная палата Locations: SpaceShipTwo, Земля, Брэнсоном, Луна, США

☆ Blue Origin va începe vânzarea biletelor pentru călătorii spațiale. Capsula va putea transporta în spaţiul suborbital concomitent şase pasageri
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-05 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Blue Origin urmează să anunţe detalii cu privire la modul în care va putea fi achiziţionat un loc, data la care va avea loc primul zbor şi costul unui bilet, un secret păzit cu atenţie ani de zile, informează Reuterss, citat de AGERPRES. Blue Origin a lăsat să se înţeleagă săptămâna trecută că va începe în curând vânzarea biletelor, după ani de testare şi dezvoltare ai programului, care a suferit unele întârzieri. Capsula are şase ferestre de observare despre care Blue Origin a precizat că sunt de aproape trei ori mai înalte decât cele de la un avion Boeing 747. De asemenea, Virgin Galactic îşi propune să lanseze în spaţiu clienţi privaţi la începutul anului 2022, după un prim zbor cu Branson la bord, la finele acestui an. Virgin a declarat că va percepe peste 250 000 de dolari pentru noi rezervări, însă preţul final nu a fost anunţat, notează Reuters.

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