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FILE PHOTO: Virgin Galactic's passenger rocket plane VSS Unity, carrying billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson and his crew, descends after reaching the edge of space above Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, U.S., July 11, 2021. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
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Virgin Galactic has sold 100 more space tickets

In total, the company has now sold 700 tickets

The four Inspiration4 astronauts wave and give thumbs up signs to the camera inside SpaceX's Crew Dragon Resilience as they await launch atop NASA's Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 15, 2021. They are (from left): Chris Sembroski, Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman and Hayley Arceneaux. (Image credit: SpaceX)
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SpaceX launches world’s first ‘amateur astronaut’ crew to orbit Earth

Ready to go to space? Virgin Atlantic has 2 free seats and they are up for grabs
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Ready to go to space? Virgin Atlantic has 2 free seats and they are up for grabs

Yuri Gagarin with backup cosmonaut with Gherman Titov sitting behind him. Photo: NASA
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60 years of historic first human spaceflight

Yusaku Maezawa. Photo: David Mcnew/AFP/Getty Images
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Fly me to the Moon: Japan billionaire offers space seats

Mars rover beams back selfie from moment before landing
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Mars rover beams back selfie from moment before landing

NASA rover Perseverance on track for daredevil landing on Mars
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NASA rover Perseverance on track for daredevil landing on Mars

Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri, UAE Minister of State for Advanced Sciences, speaks during an event to mark Hope Probe's entering the orbit of Mars, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Christopher Pike
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UAE’s ‘Hope’ probe sends home first image of Mars

Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri, UAE Minister of State for Advanced Sciences, speaks during an event to mark Hope Probe's entering the orbit of Mars, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Christopher Pike
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UAE's Hope Probe enters orbit in first Arab Mars mission

Jared Isaacman. Photo: Collected
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For billionaire Jared Isaacman, the space tourism era begins

Photo: Collected from BBC
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Six space missions to look forward to in 2021