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Billionaire Richard Branson’s space empire teeters as Virgin Orbit flops

5 mins | Apr 13, 2023

In January 2023, Virgin Orbit was supposed to transform the UK's space program. Instead, a few months later, it filed for bankruptcy. Siddharth Philip and Loren Grush examine where it all went wrong.

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