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Space Crowded With the Rich as Virgin Galactic Joins SpaceX, Blue Origin
Travel Payments // February 15, 2022

In what could be a new “pay now, launch later” use case readying for liftoff, Virgin Galactic is open for consumer business as of Wednesday (Feb. 16), with tickets starting at just $450,000. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Virgin Galactic To Become First Listed Human Spaceflight Company
Retail // July 09, 2019

As part of a deal with a publicly traded shell, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space tourism venture would become the first listed company for human spaceflight. Special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. reportedly intends to invest approximately $800 million for a stake...

Space: The Final Travel Commerce Frontier
Retail // March 23, 2019

“Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Blue Origin Circulates Plan To Send Cargo In Spacecrafts To The Moon
Amazon // March 06, 2017

With NASA interested again in returning to the moon, several startups have been looking to benefit from that, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his space company, Blue Origin. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Amazon Devices Leader Dave Limp Named CEO of Bezos’ Blue Origin

December 21, 2023
Amazon veteran Dave Limp is going from Alexa to outer space. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications from PYMNTS […]

Virgin Galactic To Become First Listed Human Spaceflight Company

July 09, 2019
As part of a deal with a publicly traded shell, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space tourism venture would become the first listed company for human spaceflight. Special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC)...

Blue Origin Circulates Plan To Send Cargo In Spacecrafts To The Moon

March 06, 2017
With NASA interested again in returning to the moon, several startups have been looking to benefit from that, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his space company, Blue Origin. Get the...