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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 04, 2025
Richard Branson sets 11 July to make spaceflight

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02 July, 2021, 08:40 am
Last modified: 02 July, 2021, 08:43 am

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Richard Branson sets 11 July to make spaceflight

He will be a passenger in the back of the Unity rocket plane his Virgin Galactic company has been developing in the US for the better part of two decades

TBS Report
02 July, 2021, 08:40 am
Last modified: 02 July, 2021, 08:43 am
Sir Richard Branson stands on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange ahead of the start of trading in Virgin Galactic in New York, Oct. 28, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Sir Richard Branson stands on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange ahead of the start of trading in Virgin Galactic in New York, Oct. 28, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

English business magnate, investor, and author.Sir Richard Branson has named the date he will fly to the edge of space.

Branson said tt will be 11 July, or very soon after, reports the BBC.

He will be a passenger in the back of the Unity rocket plane his Virgin Galactic company has been developing in the US for the better part of two decades.

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The vehicle can climb to an altitude of 90km (295,000ft), giving those onboard a few minutes of weightlessness and a view of the curvature of the Earth.

Sir Richard's intention is to introduce a commercial spaceflight service.

Some 600 individuals have already lodged deposits to take the ride.

Witnessing the British entrepreneur do it means those customers are now getting extremely close to having to hand over the full ticket price, which in some cases will be $250,000 (£180,000).

Sir Richard Branson said: "I truly believe that space belongs to all of us. After 17 years of research, engineering and innovation, the new commercial space industry is poised to open the Universe to humankind and change the world for good.

"It's one thing to have a dream of making space more accessible to all; it's another for an incredible team to collectively turn that dream into reality."

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