Richard Branson reaches space

Billionaire Richard Branson reached space Sunday in a Virgin Galactic rocket ship.

Branson, 71, and five crewmates went 53.5 miles over the New Mexico desert. They experienced three to four minutes of weightlessness and saw the curvature of the Earth before coming back down to a runway landing.

Branson became the first person to blast off in his own spaceship. Fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos aims to do the same in a Blue Origin aircraft later this month.

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