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Spaceman
Saturday, 12 September 2009
Saturday, 12 September 2009
Will Whitehorn, president of Virgin Galactic, talks space travel, dirty tricks and Abu Dhabi.
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Where there’s a Will there’s a way
Saturday, 12 September 2009
Saturday, 12 September 2009
Dreams can come true. Our cover star this month, Will Whitehorn, president of Virgin Galactic, is proof of that.
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Qatar, Bahrain eyed stake in Virgin Galactic - source
Thursday, 13 August 2009
Thursday, 13 August 2009
EXCLUSIVE: Two gov'ts were in talks to buy a stake in Branson’s space firm.
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Branson’s still the PR king
Thursday, 13 August 2009
Thursday, 13 August 2009
There's a leaf that a few Gulf-based CEOs could take out of Sir Richard Branson's book, Anil Bhoyrul says.
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Rocket man
Thursday, 13 August 2009
Thursday, 13 August 2009
Will Whitehorn, president of Virgin Galactic, tells Arabian Business why the space tourism venture will fly.
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Star attraction
Thursday, 30 July 2009
Thursday, 30 July 2009
A move to raise the UAE's satellite launching capability would prove transformative, says Damian Reilly.
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Virgin Galactic to monitor environment from space
Friday, 3 October 2008
Friday, 3 October 2008
Space travel group to use its spaceships for research into climate, environmental change.
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Orion Congress will tackle new frontiers
Thursday, 11 September 2008
Thursday, 11 September 2008
Virgin Galactic test pilot to highlight evolution of hospitality industry at key educational conference coming to Dubai.
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Virgin's Branson reveals 'space mothership'
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
Virgin Galactic unveils carrier aircraft, set to ferry spaceship and astronauts into space.
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Hats off to mavericks
Monday, 14 July 2008
Monday, 14 July 2008
They say he who dares wins - and when it comes to a company that likes to take risks there's no better example than Virgin.
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Space man
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Thursday, 10 July 2008
The man in charge of Virgin Galactic's mission to send tourists to space discusses the company's plans.
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Virgin to launch space flights from UAE
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
EXCLUSIVE: Virgin Galactic to launch flights to space from UAE spaceport - president.
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Saudis lining up to blast off into outer space
Wednesday, 7 May 2008
Wednesday, 7 May 2008
ATM: Tourists in kingdom showing most interest in taking space holiday - Virgin Galactic.
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Virgin Galactic seeks space agents
Thursday, 1 May 2008
Thursday, 1 May 2008
Virgin Galactic will be looking to appoint sales agents for its space flights at ATM.
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Arab company charters space craft in world first
Monday, 14 April 2008
Monday, 14 April 2008
EXCLUSIVE: Dubai firm first in world to charter Virgin Galactic for top management.
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Dubai will be underwater in 50 years, alerts Branson
Sunday, 18 November 2007
Sunday, 18 November 2007
LEADERS IN DUBAI: Virgin chair warns The Palm and The World could disappear.
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Sharaf creates a new travel group
Monday, 3 September 2007
Monday, 3 September 2007
Dubai-based Sharaf Group has restructured its travel and tourism companies to form a new entity - the Sharaf Travel & Tourism Group.
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Packages to space to be an agent reality
Sunday, 5 August 2007
Sunday, 5 August 2007
It's only a matter of time before travel agents start selling holiday packages to space and Dubai-based Sharaf travel aims to be at the front-of-the-queue when the opportunity arises.
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Space dust
Thursday, 2 August 2007
Thursday, 2 August 2007
Branson's dream of tourists in space has been shattered by a tragic accident. Is it the end for the commercial space tourism industry?
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Bookings open for rocket men (and women)
Monday, 2 July 2007
Monday, 2 July 2007
Virgin Galactic opens the doors for $200,000 trips into space.
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Dubai gets a travel agent for space
Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Virgin Galactic has appointed Sharaf Travel as its 'accredited space office' for the Middle East region.
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And for my next trick, you'll think you're in space
Saturday, 5 May 2007
Saturday, 5 May 2007
Sir Richard Branson may well have pulled off another great marketing stunt.
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First Emirati space tourist confirmed
Wednesday, 2 May 2007
Wednesday, 2 May 2007
Live from ATM: Ibrahim Sharaf, chairman of the Sharaf Group, has been confirmed as the first UAE national to go 'galactic'.
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Cosmic faith
Tuesday, 1 May 2007
Tuesday, 1 May 2007
Rob Corder examines the additional challenges that face Muslim astronauts.
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Virgin territory for UAE's first space traveller
Saturday, 28 April 2007
Saturday, 28 April 2007
EXCLUSIVE: Sir Richard Branson will announce the first Emirati to fly into space this Wednesday.
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Ready for take-off
Thursday, 12 April 2007
Thursday, 12 April 2007
Space Adventures founder Eric Anderson on the Middle East's role in space tourism.
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Advertising space
Saturday, 7 April 2007
Saturday, 7 April 2007
Eric Anderson, chief executive of Space Adventures, has arrived in the region and is looking for Arab investors to send to the stars.
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UAE set to witness commercial "space race"
Thursday, 15 February 2007
Thursday, 15 February 2007
Britain's Virgin Galactic and America's Space Adventures could both fly to space from UAE.
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Virgin: Space flights will circle globe in an hour
Tuesday, 13 February 2007
Tuesday, 13 February 2007
Virgin's Branson predicts that spaceships will fly passengers from London to Sydney in 30 minutes.
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