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☆ A developer is planning a commercial spaceport near Las Vegas that includes a pilot school and STEM academy
  + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
At least, that's what real estate developer Rob Lauer envisions with his plans to build a spaceport near Las Vegas. Lauer, a former US Army military police officer, is the CEO of Las Vegas Spaceport. The spaceport would offer educational programs for potential flyers and a STEM programA rendering of a STEM academy by Las Vegas Spaceport. As smaller companies like Las Vegas Spaceport look to enter the industry, some travelers are already excited to take flight. Las Vegas Spaceport scored a win in May when the Clark County Commission "unanimously" approved construction permits for an airstrip, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Persons: —, Rob Lauer, Lauer, George Rose, New Shephard, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson's Virgin, it's Organizations: Service, US Army, Las, Business, Las Vegas, Billboard, Boca, FAA, Las Vegas Convention, Visitors Authority, SpaceX, Elon Musk's astronautics, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, Pew Research Center, Las Vegas Executive, Vegas, Clark Locations: Nevada, Las Vegas, Las, United States, Boca Chica, New, Clark, Nye County, Southern Nevada
☆ Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic lays off 185 employees as it doubles down on efforts to build new spaceships
  + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Virgin Galactic has laid off 185 employees, which represented about 18% of its workforce. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe ships are designed to carry six passengers on weekly spaceflights, Virgin Galactic has previously said . Virgin Galactic completed its first commercial space flight in June and carried out a total of five commercial flights this year, Space News reported. Earlier this year, Virgin Galactic was selling tickets for its commercial flights at $450,000 each, per a brochure previously listed on its website. Virgin Galactic didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, made outside of normal working hours.
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☆ How to watch Virgin Galactic's first space tourist launch 300,000 feet above the ground
  + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Virgin Galactic plans to launch its first space tourist flight. Watch it here:Who are Virgin Galactic's first space tourists? These are the first commercial passengers to fly aboard Virgin Galactic's first private commercial spaceflight, due to take off Thursday. "The whole team just swarmed into my house saying 'You're the winner, you're going to space,'" Schahaff told the BBC. This is Virgin Galactic's second commercial flight and the first to carry paying customers.
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☆ A mother-daughter duo will join an 80-year-old Olympian on Virgin Galactic's first space tourism flight on Thursday. Here's how to watch live.
  + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Virgin Galactic plans to launch its first space tourist flight on Thursday. These are the first commercial passengers to fly aboard Virgin Galactic's first private commercial spaceflight, due to take off Thursday. Keisha Schahaff won her tickets through a raffle while on a Virgin flight from Antigua to London in 2021. "The whole team just swarmed into my house saying 'You're the winner, you're going to space,'" Schahaff told the BBC. This is Virgin Galactic's second commercial flight and the first to carry paying customers.
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☆ Virgin Orbit was a promising company that could never find a working business model
  + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Magdalena Petrova | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Virgin Orbit started as a program of Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic in 2012, before being spun off into a separate company five years later. But Virgin Orbit was dogged by delays. "Virgin Orbit did not have an anchor customer." In late March, Virgin Orbit said it was laying off the majority of its workforce and ceasing operations "for the foreseeable future" after failing to secure a funding lifeline. Watch the video to find out more about what led to Virgin Orbit's collapse.
☆ SpaceX to raise $750 million at $137 billion valuation - CNBC
  + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Jan 2 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX is raising $750 million in a new round of funding that values the rocket and satellite company at $137 billion from investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, CNBC reported late Monday. SpaceX, which counts Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) and Fidelity Investments among its investors, had raised about $1.68 billion through equity financing in June. Spokespersons for SpaceX and Horowitz did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. Horowitz was also a co-investor in Musk's Twitter buyout deal worth $44 billion. SpaceX has launched numerous cargo payloads and astronauts to the International Space Station for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
☆ SpaceX mulling secondary share sale at $150 billion valuation -sources
  + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Krystal Hu Eva Mathews | Krystal Hu | Eva Mathews | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
REUTERS/Michael Weekes Jr./File PhotoNov 15 (Reuters) - Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company SpaceX is in talks about an offering of mostly secondary shares that could value the company at up to $150 billion, representing a 20% increase in valuation, sources told Reuters. The offering would be aimed at helping employees and shareholders cash out, two of the sources said. That view appears to contradict earlier information from a separate source that the offering would raise up to $1 billion for SpaceX via a new share issuance. Talks with potential investors are centering around a price of $85 apiece for SpaceX shares, up from a split-adjusted $70 per share fetched earlier this year, sources said. The valuation is still fluid and any share sale plan, which requires SpaceX’s approval, could still change, the sources cautioned.
☆ SpaceX in talks to raise nearly $1 billion at $150 bln valuation -sources
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Krystal Hu Eva Mathews | Krystal Hu | Eva Mathews | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
REUTERS/Michael Weekes Jr./File PhotoNov 15 (Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX is in talks to raise nearly $1 billion in a new round that would value the rocket-launch and satellite company at about $150 billion, sources told Reuters. The ongoing talks offer SpaceX's share at about $85 apiece, up from the $125 billion valuation the company fetched earlier this year, sources said, suggesting strong investors' appetite while many late-stage venture capital-backed startups have to cope with valuation cut. Investors could buy new shares issued by SpaceX, or from employees who opt to sell via a private placement, or tender offer. The primary raise could fetch nearly $1 billion, one of the sources added. Investors have shown strong interest in SpaceX as the company has had a series of breakthroughs this year.
☆ Pollution from SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic's rockets could harm human health as well as Earth's climate, study says
  + stars: | 2022-05-19 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Fumes from SpaceX and Blue Origin's rockets could harm health and the climate, a study showed. It said the concentration of nitrogen oxides released by a rocket was "hazardous to human health." The rise in launches by commercial space firms may have a big impact on the climate, per the study. The increase in rocket launches by commercial space companies such as Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, and Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic "could have a significant cumulative effect on climate," the study said. Blue Origin is planning its fifth human flight to the edge of space in May after already launching its resuable New Shepard rocket in March.
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