Virgin Galactic Completes Final Glide Flight and Readies for Rocket-Powered Spaceflight
Virgin Orbit may be dead, but Richard Branson's other space venture is getting closer to resuming its commercial space tourism services.
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Virgin Galactic is not to be confused with sibling company Virgin Orbit, which is also owned by British billionaire Richard Branson. Virgin Orbit, which declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month, was in the business of providing satellite launch services; the company’s financial troubles are in part due to a single, pesky, $100 filter that caused a rocket crash, destroying seven payloads in the process.