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X Prize Winners
October 4, 2004—On the 47th anniversary of Sputnik, Scaled Composites wins the $10 million Ansari X Prize, and Sir Richard Branson announces a collaboration to build a fleet of spaceships taking paying passengers to sub-orbital space. From left: X Prize CEO Dr. Peter Diamandis, Paul Allen, Burt Rutan, Brian Binnie, and Branson.

Branson
December 14, 2005--On the site of Spaceport America, Sir Richard Branson and fifth graders from East Picacho Elementary in Las Cruces give Virgin Galactic a thumb’s up.

  
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Virgin Galactic  
This artist’s concept shows how Virgin Galactic’s headquarters at Spaceport America might look.  

In December of 2005, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Sir Richard Branson, Chairman of the Virgin Companies, announced that Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial space tourism business, will locate its world headquarters and Mission Control in New Mexico. Virgin Galactic plans to create a five-star destination experience to accommodate customers, their families, and space enthusiasts at Spaceport America.

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