Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson on July 11 explained his historic voyage to the edge of the space aboard his company’s vessel as the “experience of a lifetime” and the one that he hopes will prevail in an era of lucrative space tourism. During a live feed at the VSS Unity spaceship glided back to Spaceport America in New Mexico, the British billionaire said, “Congratulations to all our wonderful team at Virgin Galactic for 17 years of hard, hard work to get us this far.” The Virgin Galactic vessel reached a peak altitude of around 53 miles (85 kilometres) which is beyond the boundary of space set by the United States allowing all six passengers including Branson to experience weightlessness and admire the Earth’s curvature. Even though the company was prepared for any unprecedented situations, the trip preceded as planned. The touchdown occurred around 9:40 AM Mountain Time (1540 GMT) nearly an hour after take-off.
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