Virgin Galactic to launch space plane with Richard Branson onboard
by Sarah Betancourt and agencies from Science | The Guardian on (#5M2K5)
The billionaire, along with two pilots and three other passengers, will reach 55 miles above Earth for about an hour
The British entrepreneur Richard Branson is set to fly to the edge of space in his Virgin Galactic passenger rocket plane on Sunday, days ahead of a rival launch by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, as the two billionaires race to kick off an era of space tourism.
Branson's extraterrestrial venture Virgin Galactic will send its space plane into sub-orbital flight on Sunday morning, aimed at reaching 55 miles above Earth at its peak altitude.
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