Virgin Galactic

European stocks hit new high but airline stocks take a knock

Investors avoid travel shares over Delta variant concerns

Richard Branson flies to edge of space in Virgin Galactic spacecraft

Flight comes nine days before Amazon’s Jeff Bezos due to go higher in Blue Origin rocket

It would be wrong to let Jeff Bezos ruin space for the rest of us

It is not the dull frontier the Amazon founder somehow makes it seem

Market fears over Delta variant cap gains

Iseq up marginally while bank stocks fall

Branson aims to beat Bezos to space with test flight on July 11th

Billionaire now set to travel beyond Earth’s atmosphere days ahead of space race rival

Jeff Bezos plans to become one of first civilians in space

Amazon owner, brother and auction winner set to take flight on July 20th

Receding inflation worries calm US markets as tech stocks bounce back

Many European bourses shut for holidays, bitcoin regains ground following slump

‘Satan Shoes’, Amazon union battle and Deliveroo’s stock market flop

Planet Business: Welcome on board the VSS Imagine?

What to see in the sky in April: Venus and Mercury to meet in a conjunction

April marks 60 years since the first manned flight in history

Virgin Galactic has unveiled its newest spacecraft, VSS Imagine

First vehicle produced under assembly system critical to space tourism ambitions

Branson says Virgin Atlantic will run out of cash unless rescue plan approved

£1.2bn package includes £450 million of creditor deferrals

Two windows for $250k: Virgin Galactic unveils its moodily lit spaceship cabin

SpaceShipTwo comes with all mod cons, including cameras to film you escaping gravity

Branson’s Virgin Group commits £200m of immediate funding for Virgin Atlantic

Additional shreholder support of £400m also committed

As the price of space flight falls, more runners enter the race

Ireland could be primed to win a share of the exploding market for small rockets

Elon Musk’s SpaceX suit: James Bond meets James T Kirk

The spacesuit looks like 007’s tuxedo, if it was redesigned for the starship Enterprise

How airlines are working to reduce their CO2 one olive at a time

While we wait for battery-powered aircraft to take flight, airlines are using all sorts of tricks to cut fuel and weight

Virgin Galactic shares fall after analysts downgrade stock

Richard Branson’s space transport company has been popular among hedge funds

Politicians should be sent to space, says Prof Brian Cox

Cosmologist speaks at Young Scientist exhibition in Dublin

Brexit coin meltdown, merger talk and a Virgin Galactic launch of sorts

Planet Business: It’s been another week of wholly unsustainable activity

Space race is on as Branson’s Virgin Galactic plans to go public

Branson in competition with Amazon founder Bezos to bring tourists to space

Space the next frontier for Chinese ambitions

Earth’s number two economy eyes lunar research base after landing rover on far side

Ways to spend EuroMillions winnings of £115m

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