World Enters New Era of Space Tourism as Billionaire Branson and Crew of Five Take Private Vessel Into Space

A new brand of the 🚀Space race is on after billionaire Richard Branson soared more than 50 miles high and made it back to New Mexico alive and well.

Branson’s trump aboard the VSS Unity lasted about an hour. He and the other five people aboard the Virgin Galactic aircraft went up 53.5 miles before returning to the Spaceport America facility in New Mexico.

The trip was more than just a stunt. The flight is part of Branson’s effort to create a 🚀Space tourism effort, noted the Wall Street Journal.

Virgin Galactic still has a couple of test flights to go before it can start taking paying customers, according to The New York Times, but when it does it will be charging hundreds of thousands of dollars for each trip.

Branson called the trip “an experience of a lifetime.”

“The whole thing was magical,” he said.