edge of space with the eccentric billionaire on board.The London-born founder of the Virgin Group joined five company employees for the test flight Sunday morning, which took off from New Mexico’s southern desert at 10:30 a.m.
ET. What you need to know about Virgin Galactic boss Richard Branson’s trip to space It’s the company’s fourth trip to the edge of space.
The first successful launch took place in 2018, following two disastrous failures that had taken place since Virgin Galactic’s founding in 2004.A 2007 rocket motor test in California’s Mojave Desert left three workers dead and three more injured.