Virgin Galactic's first space tourism flight took off this week. Here are the players taking civilians to space.

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Virgin Galactic's second commercial flight took off this week. Space tourists can pay $450,000 for a seat on one of the company's flights.

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Virgin Galactic Finally Launches Its First Crew of Space Tourists

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A crew of three private citizens reached suborbital heights on board Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity spacecraft, marking the company’s second commercial flight and its first carrying space tourists.

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Space tourists will probably have sex up there, but they shouldn't get pregnant, researchers warn

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Space sex could be on the horizon.

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Virgin Galactic 02 launch live updates: Flight will take mother, daughter, Olympian to space

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Left to right: Anastatia Mayers, Jon Goodwin, and Keisha Schahaff are flying to the edge of space on Virgin Galactic's first tourism spaceflight.

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Virgin Galactic's Space Tourism Flights Won't Be Bringing in the Dough

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Richard Branson’s space tourism venture is set to launch its second commercial trip to suborbital heights in less than two weeks but the company is not too optimistic about the revenue generated by its private orbital tours.

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Mark Zuckerberg's jiu-jitsu fighting and Bill Gates' pickleball: 20 tech billionaires and executives and how they stay fit

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Mark Zuckerberg participates in jiu-jitsu tournaments and Bill Gates has played tennis against Jeff Bezos.
Mark Zuckerberg participates in jiu-jitsu tournaments, and Bill Gates has played tennis against Jeff Bezos.

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What went wrong at Virgin Orbit? 4 red flags signaled trouble for Richard Branson's satellite launch firm.

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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit has filed for bankruptcy protection.

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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit rocket firm files for bankruptcy

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Virgin Orbit was founded by Richard Branson in 2017.

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Virgin Orbit stock crashes as Richard Branson's satellite company ceases operations 'for the foreseeable future'

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Virgin Orbit founder Richard Branson.

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Salesforce employees are not happy

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We made it to Friday, readers. I'm Paayal Zaveri and it's another busy one today. 

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