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Did Richard Branson actually make it to space?
The Virgin boss is the early winner in the billionaire space race â but now an argument is brewing over where the finish line should be.
Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson carries crew member Sirisha Bandla on his shoulders while celebrating their flight to space. Â
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It took just 59 minutes for Sir Richard Branson to fulfil his childhood dream. On Sunday morning, at the Spaceport launch station in the New Mexico desert, the 70-year-old British billionaire climbed aboard the VSS Unity. His cheeks puffed as the rocket blasted through a cloudless sky, reaching a high point of 89 kilometres above the Earthâs surface.
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