Credit Suisse told investors to not "be on the sidelines" for Virgin Galactic's final stages of spacecraft testing.
UBS began coverage of space tourism stock Virgin Galactic on Monday with a buy rating.
A Cowen survey found that about 39% of people with a net worth of more than $5 million are interested in a Virgin Galactic flight to space.
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Space tourism venture Virgin Galactic plans to raise about $460 million in a sale of common stock, as it finishes developing its spacecraft.
The global space economy reached $432.8 billion last year, according to a report by the Space Foundation on Thursday.
TransferWise employees and early investors sold some of their stakes in a $319 million secondary deal.
Virgin Galactic expects to clear remaining Federal Aviation Administration milestones after one or two more rocket-powered test flights.
Virgin Galactic is looking forward to the growing opportunity to fly NASA astronauts and researchers on its spaceflights.
Virgin Galactic signed an deal with NASA that will allow the space tourism venture to train astronauts for trips to the International Space Station.
SpaceX president and COO Gwynne Shotwell sent a company-wide email on Friday to clarify CEO Elon Musk's declaration about Juneteenth.
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit is set to conduct its first orbital rocket launch on Saturday.
Morgan Stanley suggested Virgin Galactic may want to raise new capital in case its plan for beginning space tourism flights is delayed.
Stock futures dropped Monday after the Dow logged back-to-back gains and the Nasdaq advanced every day last week.
Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson is preparing to sell up to $504.5 million of his stake in space tourism company Virgin Galactic.
Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck told CNBC that he expects a tough environment for the space industry for at least 18 more months.
Shares of Virgin Galactic surged higher in Tuesday trading but some of the positive momentum appears to be a case of mistaken identity.
Richard Branson's California-based rocket company Virgin Orbit partnered with medical researchers and developed a ventilator device.
The total number of coronavirus infection cases globally reached 766,300, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
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