Here’s the moment billionaire Richard Branson took off in to space in Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity. He flew more than 50 miles above Earth, which the U.S. considers the boundary marking outer space. https://abc7.la/3hSSYeq | ABC7

🚀 Virgin Galactic blasted three tourists to the edge of space aboard its air-launched VSS Unity spaceplane, the Richard Branson-founded company’s second commercial mission as it starts routine flights. The rocket-powered VSS Unity craft dropped from the carrier plane over New Mexico around 9:20 a.m. local time and blasted its four passengers, a company instructor and three tourists, to an altitude of roughly 55 miles. 🔗 Read more at our link in bio. #Reuters #video #videonews #reels #VirginGal