Space Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit permanently ceases operationsCompany filed for bankruptcy protection in the US in April
Failure To Launch Branson’s rocket firm Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcyFirm hasn’t turned a profit as a public company
Companies Enda Kenny joins board of Irish aerospace rocket start-up SuasSuas is about to go to the market to raise the first €10 million funding to create a rocket launch facility
Vincent Boland: Tycoon space race is boldly going where many have gone beforeSo far, the space missions of Bezos, Branson and Musk lack the poetics, significance or purpose of Aldrin and Armstrong’s, but it’s early days yet
Analysis: Jeff Bezos’s trip to space manages to be both historic and somewhat dullThe Amazon founder went up and came down again, doing the bare minimum to qualify him as an astronaut, but as space becomes a playground for billionaires, there are some concerns about the harm they could do