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UK businessman Sir Richard Branson has gone to space!
He just fulfilled his lifetime’s ambition: flying to the edge of space.
His Virgin Galactic rocket plane took off for a 1.5-hour mission which will see it reach an altitude where the sky turns black and the Earth’s horizon curves away into the distance.
The entrepreneur says he wants to evaluate the experience before allowing paying customers aboard next year.
The mission above New Mexico began shortly after 08:30 EST (15:30 BST).
Virgin Galactic is also providing an online stream of the event.
