Seen here, Branson's family and friends as they watched the Virgin Galactic mothership and rocket plane gain speed before flying into outer space. This is the rocket plane that carried Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson and other crew members from Spaceport America, New Mexico. The Virgin Galactic rocket plane released by the mothership heads to space with founder Richard Branson on board. The Virgin Galactic rocket plane, with founder Richard Branson and other crew members on board, landed back in Spaceport America after completing an hour-long journey. The billionaire tweeted this photo with the caption that read, " Welcome to the dawn of a new space age #Unity2" Richard Branson and his crew returned after successfully completing the hour-long journey in outer space.
It was a big day for Branson as he became the first billionaire to fly into space, beating fellow billionaire and e-commerce giant Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Upon return, Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson was seen carrying India-born Sirisha Bandla on his shoulders as they celebrated their flight to space. Here's looking at some photos from the historic launch of the Unity 22 mission. It then ignited its own engines for the onward journey to ascend at Mach 3 beyond 80 kilometres of altitude.
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It is also the first spacecraft to carry a full crew of two pilots and four mission specialists in the cabin, including the company’s founder.Īfter climbing to 50,000 feet or 15 kilometres above Earth, the VSS Unity was dropped by the plane. The “Unity 22” mission is the 22nd flight test for VSS Unity and the company’s fourth crewed spaceflight. The spaceship took off from a base in New Mexico at around 8.20 pm IST. The mission was carried out by spaceship VSS Unity, built by Branson's company.
Virgin Galactic founder and billionaire Richard Branson has become a part of history today as he headed into space along with five others and successfully landed back to earth.