Sir Richard Branson will fly to the limits of space on Sunday, cutting the thread in the space battle and beating Jeff Bezos, who has scheduled his flight for July 20, leaving behind Elon Musk, who is designing space flights with Space X.
Richard Branson, along with three Virgin Galactic staff and two pilots, will travel on the Vss Unity spacecraft from Spaceport America base in New Mexico.
The company will make the live broadcast of the flight on social media.
3 days until #Unity22! Come inside the hangar for pre-flight preparations as our spaceship VSS Unity joins forces with our mothership VMS Eve. Watch the launch live this Sunday at 6 am PT | 9 am ET | 2 pm BST. https://t.co/WEBNyUYpRQ pic.twitter.com/xakebHTN5T
— Virgin Galactic (@virgingalactic) July 8, 2021
The billionaire will make the magical voyage a week before he turns 71 and after 21 test flights.
Branson even announced a big surprise. “When we return from space, I will announce something very exciting, in order to give more people the opportunity to become astronauts. Space belongs to all of us”, he said. “It’s time to make my dream come true”, said the company’s founder, noting that he has been looking forward to implementing his plan for 17 years.