Virgin Galactic has completed its first commercial flight into space, realising a 19-year dream for Sir Richard Branson's company.
Virgin Galactic has completed its first commercial flight into space, realising a 19-year dream for Sir Richard Branson’s company.
“And my personal view of this is that we’ve been expecting this within the next year for the last 19 years so it is great to see this finally coming to fruition,” he told Sky News Australia.
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