Virgin Galactic spaceship Unity carrying a crew of four, including British billionaire Richard Branson, dabbled into space and returned to Earth safely, a live stream of the event was showed reported ANI.
After separating from the mothership, Unity went up about 62 miles, briefly exposing the crew to zero gravity, Sputnik reported. This marked VSS Unity’s first test of suborbital flight, helping Virgin Galactic to demonstrate that space tourism is safe.
Earlier, the spaceship took off from a spaceport in New Mexico, with United Kingdom billionaire Branson on board. The ship carried a crew of four including Virgin Galactic’s owner, Branson and Indian-American Sirisha Bandla.
The flight conducted more than 20 test flights, three of which have reached the edge of space, CNN reported.
Branson later tweeted his epic journey
“To all you kids down there…” – @RichardBranson‘s message from zero gravity. #Unity22
Watch the livestream: https://t.co/5UalYT7Hjb pic.twitter.com/lYXHNsDQcU
— Virgin Galactic (@virgingalactic) July 11, 2021
Space is for all humanity, which is why we’re giving YOU the chance to win 2 seats on one of the first @virgingalactic flights to space! ENTER NOW – all donations go to non-profit @spacehumanity: https://t.co/sjz1KV5f6z @omaze #Unity22 pic.twitter.com/pBzutUPJBl
— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) July 12, 2021
