Billionaire entrepreneur’s space tourism company pulls off high-stakes crewed test flight,Virgin Galactic — the space tourism company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson — has returned its supersonic plane to the edge of space for the first time since 2021, when Branson made his own venture toward the cosmos.
Billionaire entrepreneur’s space tourism company pulls off high-stakes crewed test flight
Virgin Galactic — the space tourism company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson — has returned its supersonic plane to the edge of space for the first time since 2021, when Branson made his own venture toward the cosmos.
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