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Sir Richard Branson’s private space tourism company Virgin Galactic Inc. started its trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) via a direct listing at $12.10 on Monday under the ticker “SPCE”.The move comes after the Galactic merged with Chamath Palihapitiya’s venture Social Capital Hedosophia that gave the new company a combined valuation of $1.5 billion. Branson kept a 51% stake in the business.CEO George Whitesides said:“Virgin Galactic is making history again today as it becomes the...

Billionaire and innovator Richard Branson’s space tourism start-up, Virgin Galactic, space tourism seems to be only a few months away from its first commercial flight to space.To prove its seriousness, the company unveiled its line of ‘Under Armour’-made spacesuits for passengers to come.Jumpsuits are made in royal-blue and from lightweight “flight-grade” material that is designed in a way that keeps travelers pleasant as they speeding faster than 50 miles into the atmosphere (that’s more...