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Richard Branson ends Virgin Orbit operations after UK space mission failure | Science & Tech News
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Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit has announced it will be shutting down. It comes a few months after a space mission ended in disappointment, when a rocket carrying the first satellites launched from the UK failed to reach orbit and was lost. On Tuesday, the firm revealed it was closing down after its assets were sold…
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Richard Branson woke in middle of night to find Elon Musk barefoot in his kitchen – and holding his baby | UK News
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Richard Branson has revealed a bizarre story about finding Elon Musk in the kitchen of his New Mexico house in the middle of the night before his first space flight. In an interview this weekend, Mr Branson said the Twitter and Tesla owner was completely barefoot, holding his fast-asleep baby X Æ A-12, and had…
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Richard Branson declines invitation from Singapore to debate death penalty | UK News
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Sir Richard Branson has rejected an invitation to appear in a live television debate on the death penalty in Singapore. Branson said the discussion “cannot do the complexity of the death penalty any service” and called on Singapore to embrace a “constructive, lasting dialogue involving multiple stakeholders”. The 72-year-old – a vocal campaigner against capital…