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Near-tearful Virgin boss pays tribute to dead astronaut but hopes project will probably go on Reported by Telegraph.co.uk 5 hours ago.

When Sir Richard Branson decided to set up Virgin Galactic in 2004, it was meant to be the final step before the fulfilment of teenage dream inspired by the 1969 Moon landing. Reported by Independent 4 hours ago.

Neil Redfearn signed a 12-month rolling contract to make him Leeds’ fourth permanent head coach in five months and then saw his side crash 3-1 at Cardiff. Reported by Independent 5 hours ago.

Traffic is delayed on the A1 dual carriageway near Banbridge, County Down, after a car overturns in a three-car collision. Reported by BBC News 4 hours ago.

First 'Furious 7' Trailer Gets Our Heart Racing - Watch Now!

The first trailer for Furious 7 from the Fast and the Furious franchise has just been released! The trailer features Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Dwayne Wayne, and Ludacris. The trailer also includes a few clips of the late Paul Walker, who died last year in a fiery car crash. In case you didn’t [...] Reported by Just Jared 4 hours ago.

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Virgin boss puts on a brave face after SpaceShipTwo disaster but future of Virgin Galactic in hands of US crash investigators and Arab investors

Few projects in the history of aviation have carried the weight of so many ill omens as Sir Richard Bransons extravagant venture to send civilians into space. Even before Fridays disaster in the skies above the Mojave desert, in which the Virgin Galactic test craft SpaceShipTwo was destroyed and one of the test pilots, 39-year-old Michael Alsbury, killed, this was a project marked by bad luck and near-calamity.

Five years ago, as Branson was declaring SpaceShipTwo to be the sexiest spaceship ever at an unveiling at the Mojave air and space port, howling winds, sleet and near-freezing temperatures reduced the invited glitterati politicians, actors, glamour women and some of the worlds top aerospace engineers to human icicles. Barely 20 minutes after they abandoned their vodka cocktails and champagne, the heavy tent sheltering them on the runway collapsed. It was pure luck the structure did not succumb sooner and endanger a lot of people.

Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 2 hours ago.

Tycoon offers refunds to those who have already paid to travel but says SpaceShipTwo crash will not halt programme Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 2 hours ago.

We watched pilot hurtling to earth: Horrific details of crash emerge as Branson defends doomed rocket, vowing: I'll be on first tourist flight

Witnesses described seeing stricken pilot Michael Alsbury (pictured) hurtle to earth in his ejector seat after the Virgin Galactic space rocket's explosion over the Mojave desert, California. Reported by MailOnline 1 hour ago.

Is Schuey losing his toughest race? An utterly devoted wife, her £100,000 per week battle to save her superstar F1 husband... and the tragic reality of his chances of ever recovering for that catastrophic ski crash

For all the intensive treatment, nursing care and good luck tokens, the tragic reality is that Michael Schumacher has made little improvement since an accident on the Meribel slopes. Reported by MailOnline 1 hour ago.

The pilot injured in the deadly Virgin Galactic rocket crash is "alert and talking," his employer has said. Reported by Sky News 1 hour ago.

Pilot who parachuted out of exploding Virgin Galactic spaceship is conscious in hospital with shoulder injury and 'talking with doctors and family'

Peter Siebold, earlier identified as the sole survivor of the destroyed SpaceShipTwo craft, was today described as 'alert' after suffering serious injuries in the fatal crash. Reported by MailOnline 39 minutes ago.

The papers' view of the Virgin Galactic rocket crash Reported by BBC News 20 minutes ago.

MOJAVE Calif./CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. (Reuters) - Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson on Saturday vowed to find out what caused his space tourism company's passenger spaceship to crash during a test flight, killing one pilot and injuring the other, but expressed a desire to press on with the dream of commercial space flight. Reported by Reuters 4 minutes ago.

Founding astronaut for Virgin Galactic, Per Wimmer , has said that best way to honour the victims of the crash on Friday is to continue with the space mission. Reported by BBC News 9 hours ago.

A 22-year-old British backpacker dies in a car crash during her gap year in Australia. Reported by BBC News 10 hours ago.

Car crash victim wins £4m compensation for accident that left him too ANGRY to work

Paul Vallance, 26, returned to work after suffering a serious brain injury. But he lost a series of jobs because of his sudden bursts of anger with customers and loss of self-control. Reported by MailOnline 8 hours ago.

How Virgin Galactic was repeatedly warned over safety issues before crash

Senior engineers and propulsion scientists say they spent years telling Richard Branson's private space line its procedures are 'outdated', needlessly secretive, and could lead to people getting killed. Reported by MailOnline 8 hours ago.

Investigators say report into why SpaceShipTwo broke up and crashed in Mojave desert, killing one pilot and injuring the other, could take up to a year

Fifteen federal US investigators have begun combing over the fatal crash site of the Virgin Galactic space plane in Californias Mojave desert, as questions surfaced about the unconventional fuel propulsion system used to blast the craft up to space.SpaceShipTwo (SS2), the plane on which the Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson has pinned his hopes of sending commercial passengers to the edge of space at a cost of $250,000 (£156,000) each, broke up during a test flight at about 45,000ft on Friday. The pilot, Peter Siebold 43, managed to parachute to the ground and was described as alert though with serious injuries; the co-pilot, Michael Alsbury, 39, was killed.Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 8 hours ago.

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