The billionaire, along with two pilots and three other passengers, will reach 55 miles above Earth for about an hour
July is a frantic month for the two billionaires racing to kick off space tourism, with Richard Branson’s SpaceShipTwo set to launch on Sunday with the British entrepreneur on board just days ahead of rival and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in his rocket.
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.
