Video: Richard Branson Announces Plan for Space Trip Before Jeff Bezos
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Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson announced Thursday that he plans to head to space with two pilots and three other mission specialists on July 11, nine days before outgoing CEO Jeff Bezos’s scheduled trip on a Blue Origin spacecraft. Screenshot: Virgin Galactic
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Richard Branson Announces Trip to Space, Ahead of Jeff Bezos