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Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson beats out rival billionaire Jeff Bezos, reaches the stars
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July 11, 2021
History has been made 86 kilometres above Earth, where billionaire Richard Branson travelled to the edge of space aboard his Virgin Galactic Unity-22 space plane. Branson was originally slated to head to space later this summer. But when he heard Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos has his own rocket launch scheduled for July 20, the billionaire space race kicked into high gear, with Branson moving up his flight to Sunday. Mike Drolet reports.
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Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson beats out rival billionaire Jeff Bezos, reaches the stars
Description
July 11, 2021
History has been made 86 kilometres above Earth, where billionaire Richard Branson travelled to the edge of space aboard his Virgin Galactic Unity-22 space plane. Branson was originally slated to head to space later this summer. But when he heard Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos has his own rocket launch scheduled for July 20, the billionaire space race kicked into high gear, with Branson moving up his flight to Sunday. Mike Drolet reports.
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