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The Simpsons has again been credited with predicting the future.This time, the animated show seemingly guessed that Virgin boss Richard Branson would make it into space seven years before he made the trip.Branson embarked upon the journey in New Mexico on July 11 with five crew members. It was the first flight with passengers for his Virgin Galactic space tourism company.Following the trip, an image from a 2014 episode of The Simpsons went viral which also showed Branson in space.
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an eerie ability to predict the future over its 32 seasons, is now being credited with foretelling Richard Branson’s flight to space.Fans of the long-running Fox show noticed that a scene from a 2014 episode bore a startling resemblance to footage released Sunday of the British billionaire floating inside his Virgin Galactic rocket.The scene from the Season 25 episode “The War of Art” featured an animated Branson leaning back and admiring a painting while hovering aboard a spaceship.“How can The
The writers behind The Simpsons have struck again.
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Richard Branson is putting his feet up.
historic launch was taken out of context. A Virgin Galactic rep confirmed to Reuters on Tuesday that Branson did not ride his bike at all on launch day. In fact, the video in question was filmed July 5, six days before the flight.“The footage of Sir Richard Branson shown during the event Sunday was prerecorded and misidentified in the broadcast.
ready for passengers who can afford the ultimate thrill ride.And it appeared to do just that, zooming to an altitude just above 50 miles and giving Branson and his five crewmates about three minutes of weightlessness and spectacular views of Earth before plunging back into the atmosphere for a spiraling descent to touchdown at Virgin's New Mexico launch site.«I have dreamt of this moment since I was a kid but honestly, nothing could prepare you for the view of Earth from space,» Branson, 70,
Virgin Galactic flight soared to the edge of space today as the billionaire hailed the mission an "experience of a lifetime". The businessman, who was aboard the first fully crewed flight, smiled as he headed back to the planet surface after feeling the thrill of weightlessness for several minutes on Sunday afternoon.
UPDATE, 10 AM: The billionaire has landed.
Richard Branson is officially the first rocket company boss to be launched off the planet, with Virgin Galactic’s space plane successfully hurtling to the edge of space with the eccentric billionaire on board.
After nearly two decades of developing Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard Branson has finally achieved his dream of going to space! The billionaire CEO was on board his company’s spacecraft VSS Unity on July 11, when it was launched above the skies of New Mexico.
Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Virgin Galactic's first fully crewed flight to the edge of space is underway with the twin-fuselage jet which will deliver the VSS Unity rocket plane to launch point taking to the skies.Billionaire businessman Sir Richard Branson's mission took off from a spaceport in New Mexico, US at 3.30pm on Sunday (July 11).Launch preparations for the pioneering flight had been pushed back by around 90 minutes due
Cynthia Littleton Business EditorRichard Branson has won the foot race among billionaires to blast off into space.Branson and a few of five others briefly achieved weightlessness on Sunday as his Virgin Galactic Unity 22 craft took off from the Spaceport America facility in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.The British billionaire and a crew of five others departed around 7:40 a.m. PT from the Spaceport America facility in Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Sir Richard Branson will be taking off shortly.
Richard Branson is set to become the first rocket company boss to be launched off the planet on Sunday, with Virgin Galactic’s space plane set to hurtle to the edge of space with the eccentric billionaire on board.