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

£1.2bn package includes £450 million of creditor deferrals

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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

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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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Opera House backlash, ‘Project Sunrise’ and this year’s Nobel economics prize winners

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Saudi Arabia to seek $11bn in bank loans after Saudi Aramco IPO stalls

Loan likely to be oversubscribed as top bankers pitch for business

Space, the final frontier for the hospitality industry

US-based Orion Span aims to launch paying guests in ‘first luxury hotel in space’ in 2022

Celebrity role seems to be enough for Branson these days

Cantillon: Entrepreneur not revealing too many insights despite his busy schedule in Dublin

The return of supersonic travel and why you should be wary of smart bags

Road Warrior: Dublin Convention Bureau wins €64m of new business

Jeff Bezos selling $1bn a year in Amazon stock to finance space race

Amazon founder expects to take on commercial space passengers next year

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A two-week holiday in the Caribbean island of Necker will set you back around €1 million

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Virgin to use adapted 747 jet as launchpad for spaceship

Branson says aircraft, named Cosmic Girl, set to ‘truly live up to her name’

Airbus wins patent for hypersonic plane

Concorde’s successor would reduce Paris-Tokyo flight time to three hours

Jennifer O’Connell: Worried about gun violence? Have a lollipop

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Virgin crash investigation looks at human error of pilot

Mystery of second pilots survival at oxygen deprived altitude also being examined

Branson denies ignoring Virgin spacecraft safety concerns

Billionaire says reports that worried engineer was overruled are incorrect

Key function of Virgin spacecraft deployed too early

Investigation into crash which killed one pilot finds factor leading to its descent

Virgin Galactic crash has 8km debris site, investigators say

Richard Branson vows to find cause of fatal test crash which killed pilot

Branson to persist with space tourism after Galactic crash

One pilot killed when SpaceShipTwo rocket came down in Mojave Desert, California

Virgin passenger spaceship crashes in test flight

Co-pilot killed and pilot injured after Virgin Galactic vessel suffers unknown malfunction

Virgin Galactic spaceship crashes during test flight

One pilot dead and another seriously injured following ‘anomally’ in Mojave, California

Virgin boss Richard Branson tells all over New York lunch

At 64, tycoon plans long awaited space flight and hopes his kids may one day take over

Land Rover launches space race with new Discovery

New Disco Sport kicks off sales campaign with an adventure to the stars

Winklevoss twins use bitcoins to book space trip

Cameron and Tyler buy tickets on Branson’s Virgin Galactic spaceflight with virtual currency

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