Virgin Galactic will send Richard Branson into space on July 11

Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson will personally take part in a test flight of his SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity space shuttle.

Launching a mission in which you will take partbillionaire scheduled for July 11th. It will be the shuttle's 22nd flight test and the fourth manned flight. In addition to Richard Branson, the VSS Unity cockpit will host three more technicians, including two pilots.

Throughout the flight, the company founder will evaluate the “customer experience” of the company. and will undergo the same training as other passengers. CurrentlyOver 600 people have booked their seats on future Virgin Galactic travel missions, each paying $ 250,000 for a seat on the flight.

The company will openly broadcast the SpaceShipTwo flight on July 11 from 7:00 AM MSK.

Richard Branson will go into space exactlya week before Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and other space travel company Blue Origin. This indicates that the space race is now moving from governments to billionaires. In just 24 hours since the last successful launch of VSS Unity, Virgin Galactic's stock is up 30%.

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