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  THE BILLIONAIRE SPACE RACE: HOW BRANSON, MUSK AND BEZOS ARE VYING FOR GALACTIC SUPREMACY Jeff Bezos in front of Blue Origin's space capsule Dubbed the 'NewSpace' set, Jeff Bezos, Sir Richard Branson and Elon Musk all say they were inspired by the first moon landing in 1969, when the US beat the Soviet Union in the space race, and there is no doubt how much it would mean to each of them to win the 'new space race'. Amazon founder Bezos had looked set to be the first of the three to fly to space, having announced plans to launch aboard his space company Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft on July 20, but Branson beat him to the punch. The British billionaire became Virgin Galactic Astronaut 001 when he made it to space on a suborbital flight nine days before Bezos - on July 11 in a test flight. Bezos travelled to space on July 20 with his younger brother Mark, Oliver Daemen, an 18-year-old physics student whose dad purchased his ticket, and pioneering female as...

  Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is cleared by FAA to resume launches after rocket veered off course for 1 minute and 41 seconds during historic passenger flight Virgin Galactic has been cleared to resume launches after the company said it would implement changes  The company will update calculations to expand airspace for future flights to and take additional steps to notify FAA Air Traffic Control in real-time On September 2, the FAA suspended Virgin from flying pending an investigation  Virgin's July 11 flight veered outside restricted airspace for 1 minute, 41 seconds The flight eventually re-entered restricted airspace and returned safely to Earth Virgin Galactic said late Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the space tourism company to resume launches after the company said it would implement changes relating to air traffic control clearance and communications.  Co-founded by Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic said it will update...

  SpaceX shares incredible footage of the moment its Inspiration4 all-civilian crew saw Earth from space for the first time, while blasting the theme from '2001: A Space Odyssey' SpaceX video shows the Inspiration4 crew reacting to an amazing view of Earth Crew look out the cupola, the huge domed window of SpaceX's Crew Dragon The historic Inspiration4 mission splashed back down to Earth on September 18 SpaceX  has shared footage of the moment its all-civilian Inspiration4 crew saw Earth from space for the first time, on board the Crew Dragon space capsule.  The footage, filmed by Sian Proctor – one of the four crew members along with Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux and Chris Sembroski – shows the team opening the cupola, the huge domed window on Crew Dragon. The crew stare transfixed out the window as one of the men says 'Holy sh*t!' and the theme from '2001: A Space Odyssey' plays.   Dailymail.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from ...