Virgin Galactic

What we’re reading: Cathay Pacific delays ads, Las Vegas restaurant week, NASA hires Virgin Galactic

by Stephanus Surjaputra on August 16, 2011

Cathay Pacific delays sexy ads, Las Vegas restaurant week, NASA hires Virgin Galactic for suborbital flights

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What we’re reading: Virgin Galactic’s first manned flight, Dreamliner pushed back to 2011? airlines need more planes next year next year

by Stephanus Surjaputra on July 19, 2010

Virgin Galactic’s first manned flight, Dreamliner may be pushed back to 2011, airlines need more planes next year

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What we’re reading: Virgin Galactic’s first test flight, Austrian Airlines shift to larger jets, Vegas visitors spend less

by Stephanus Surjaputra on March 23, 2010

Virgin Galactic makes its first test flight, Austrian Airlines to replace regionals with larger jets, Vegas visitors spending less

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Space agent Upchurch: Virgin Galactic flights will be “life changing”

by Christopher Elliott on December 7, 2009

Virgin Galactic, the commercial space tourism venture by Sir Richard Branson, is scheduled to unveil SpaceShipTwo to the public today. It’s the first spacecraft designed with the sole purpose of carrying paying passengers into suborbital space. Among the first astronauts will be Matthew Upchurch, chief executive officer of the travel agency consortium Virtuoso. Virgin Galactic has trained more than 70 Virtuoso travel agents as Accredited Space Agents. I asked Upchurch to tell me more about space travel — and space travel agents.

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