The British entrepreneur Flamboyan Richard Branson will fly into space on Sunday test flights by Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc., defeating fellow candidates for Astronaut and Founder of Amazon.com Jeff Bezos about one week.
The launch of Virgin Galactic VSS rocket aircraft on the New Mexico desert will mark the first test mission of tourism companies outside the Earth’s atmosphere to bring complementary full space.
From building conglomerates to fly into space, here is a summary of the life and business of Branson: 1950: Born on July 18 in England, an air hostess with British South American Airways and Ted Branson, an officer of the former 1960s cavalry: starting a business The first business at 15, Student Magazine, Drop Out of Stowe School 1970: Started the First Virgin Company, a letter booking business.
Virgin Group now operates more than 40 companies in five business sectors and five continents 1973: launched a Virgin Records label that will go beyond the sex gun, rolling stone, Janet Jackson, The Smashing Pumpkins and Buys Necker 1978: Buys island in the Caribbean for $ 180,000 That he will build a resort within four years 1984: Launch Virgin Atlantic Airlines 1985: Make his first effort to enter the books NOTE: Try to make the fastest Atlantic ship intersection, but this is wrapped in 140 miles (225.31 km) off the British Coast 1992: Selling Virgin Records to Thorn Emi for $ 1 billion 1998: issuing first autobiography, “I lost my virginity,” pose naked on the front page of the Sun tabloid to promote it 1999: Launch Virgin cellphone services in the UK, which is then expanded to Australia United States and Canada 2000: Receive knighthood for services for entrepreneurship, launching car vi RGIN, Virgin Students, V IrginMoney.com, Virgin Wine and Business Virgin Energy 2004: Launched the First Commercial Space Tourism Business – Virgin Galactic 2013: Virgin Six Passenger Ships, called VSS Enterprise, Making First Powered Flights 2014: Passenger passenger spacecraft Virgin during the test.
Flights, killing one pilot and injured 2021 others: Virgin Galactic received approval from US aviation safety regulators to fly people into space.
Announced that Branson, now worth around $ 6 billion according to Forbes, will travel to the edge of the room on the company’s test flight on July 11 on July 11