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Friday, 02 July 2021

BBC News

• How airlines will stop you losing your bags in the futureIn 2019, 25.4 million bags went missing, costing the industry billions of dollars - can big data solve the problem?

Financial Times

• Richard Branson poised to beat Jeff Bezos into space Virgin Galactic brings forward founder’s first trip to nine days before rival’s Blue Origin mission

The Guardian

• Richard Branson aims to beat Jeff Bezos into space by nine daysVirgin Galactic founder has announced he will take off on board the next test flight on 11 JulyVirgin Galactic’s Richard Branson is aiming to beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos into space by nine days. Branson’s company announced on Thursday evening that its next test flight will take place on 11 July and that its founder will be among the six people on board. All other passengers are company employees. It will be only the fourth trip to space for Virgin Galactic.The winged rocket ship – the first carrying a full crew – will launch from New Mexico after the US Federal Aviation Administration g...

The Telegraph

• Longest countdown to liftoff is over as female aerospace pioneer, 82, joins Bezos rocket crew

Birmingham Post

• North East space sector tops 1,000 jobs and £88m to economyThe importance of the sector to the regional economy has been highlighted in a new report by the UK Space Agency

London Evening Standard

• Sir Richard Branson set for first space flight with Virgin GalacticThe billionaire businessman will test the ‘private astronaut experience’ during his flight this month.