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Sir Richard Branson feels "fortunate to have survived" his adventures. The 73-year-old billionaire businessman has taken on numerous challenges over the course of his lifetime which have included sailing across the Atlantic - with his first attempt ending with the boat capsizing - and crossing the Pacific in a balloon as well as going into space in a Virgin Galactic craft and he has now admitted he feels lucky to be alive after all his exploits. He said: "I've had the most extraordinary life and I've been very, very fortunate to have survived it." Branson is reliving his adventures and the bui...
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Virgin Atlantic has launched its first lifestyle collection. The airline - which was founded by Richard Branson, whose Virgin Enterprises still owns 51 percent of the company - has worked with British designers Fenella Smith and Oliver Co. on a new range "inspired by the needs" of the brand's customers. Premium items in the collection include a Queen of the Skies jumper inspired by the famous 'Fly Virgin Atlantic' sweater worn by Princess Diana in the 1980s. The item - priced at £70 - is available in navy and cream. The range includes a jumper featuring the airlines LGBTQ+ mascot Oscar, as wel...
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The UK get its first space rocket launch. Space Forge will send up a vessel - which contains a prototype space factory capable of making materials unable to be produced on Earth - from a spaceport in Newquay in Cornwall and hope that items manufactured in space could be ubiquitous in less than five years Andrew Bacon, the company’s co-founder, told Sky News that the move could make the UK into a “true space superpower” with the means to develop and use cutting edge satellite technology. He said: "Being able to launch from your home country is going to make a big difference.” "If you want to bu...
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Jennifer Lopez has landed a new role at Virgin Voyages. The entertainer has announced she is now serving as Sir Richard Branson's adult-only cruise line's chief entertainment and lifestyle officer and an investor. The company brought the actress, singer and businesswoman on board to help them "shape the future of travel on the high seas." As well as bringing new ideas to the table to ensure passengers have "the most epic vacation ever", the 52-year-old superstar will focus on wellness and her cosmetics brand JLo Beauty will be available on board. In a statement, the 'On The Floor' hitmaker sai...
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Virgin Hyperloop has laid off nearly half of its staff. The high-speed levitating pod hurtles through vacuum tubes and had been transporting passengers, but now the attention is shifting to freight. A spokesperson told the Financial Times that the decision “really has more to do with global supply chain issues and all the changes due to COVID.” DP World - which has a 76 per cent stake in Virgin Hyperloop - insisted: “It’s abundantly clear that potential customers are interested in cargo, while passenger is somewhat farther away. “Focusing on pallets is easier to do — there is less risk for pas...
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Sir Richard Branson is recovering “well” after a “colossal” cycling accident. The 71-year-old Virgin boss is on the mend after the brakes on his bike failed, causing him to crash into his friend and fellow cycling companion Felix Stellmaszek during the Strive Challenge in the British Virgin Islands. The entrepreneur shared the update on Instagram, writing in the caption of the video: "Recovering well from a colossal cycling crash. Thankfully we're ok, but some big bumps and bruises!" Richard had admitted he feared he was about to "drop off the cliff" when his brakes failed. He wrote on his blo...
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Jameela Jamil has blasted billionaires Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson for wasting their money on space travel. The 'She-Hulk' star has taken to Twitter to mock both businessmen's recent expeditions to space, insisting the two men would be better off using their vast wealth to help fix some of Earth's problems such as homelessness and global healthcare, or even to free Britney Spears from her conservatorship. She tweeted: "Guys! Guys? So which billionaire got to be the first in space?! "Oh wait wait wait. Don’t tell me. I don’t f****** care. It doesn’t f****** matter. F*** these guys. Goodn...
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Jeff Bezos is making waves in the market after he announced via Twitter he has completed a buyout of Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (NYSE:SPCE) and will be shutting down its space program and plans to incorporate talent from Virgin Galactic into Blue Origin. This news spelled disaster for Virgin Galactic investors who already were hit hard this morning, expecting a huge increase in share price after Branson’s successful test flight over the weekend, but were met with an early morning filing showing a sale of over 500,000,000 shares causing the share price to plummet. Q2 2021 he...
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Virgin Galactic has launched a sweepstake to win a trip into space. Founder Richard Branson travelled to the edge of space and back on Sunday (11.07.21) and now the company has teamed up with fundraising platform Omaze to give people a chance to experience the same journey on the VSS Unity spaceplane. As well as the flight itself, the winner and a friend will also get to tour Spaceport America in New Mexico. Brandon himself will be part of the visit "with [his] Willy Wonka hat on", as he joked "I promise lots of chocolate in the factory." The sweepstake serves as a fundraiser for Space For Hum...
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Richard Branson's daughter Holly identified as a boy for seven years. Holly, 39, believed she "was a boy" when she was four years old after her younger brother, Sam, was born but later decided to be a girl when she turned 11. She explained: "I, at the age of four, decided I was a boy. It was just after my brother was born and I don’t know whether looking back on it now it was some sort of psychological thing that a boy was born and was getting lots of attention and I wanted to be like him. It wasn’t that I wanted to be a boy, it was that I was a boy. I absolutely believed I was a boy – I stood...
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