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Richard Branson takes off in first-ever fully crewed flight to the edge of space
Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Virgin founder Richard Branson has blasted off for his journey to the edge of space.The 70-year-old took off from Spaceport America, New Mexico at around 3.30 pm to secure his victory in the space race against Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.The team involved in the mission consists of Branson, who is Astronaut 001, chief astronaut Beth Moses (Astronaut 002), lead operations engineer Colin Bennett (Astronaut 003) and Virgin Galactic vice-president Sirisha Bandla (Astronaut 004). Tweeting about his arrival for the launch, Branson said: "It’s a beautiful day to go to space.
