This was Richard Branson on a press flight in the Virgin Galactic Unity22 Spaceflight in 2021<br /><br />Galactic 01 mission spacecraft launched the first commercial<br />flight from Spaceport City in New Mexico on June 29 with three<br />Italian astronauts on board.<br />The spaceflight, dubbed Galactic 01, lasted 90 minutes,<br />with the plane’s touchdown on the runway prompting cheers<br />and claps by Virgin Galactic staff.<br />The company will eventually be taking paying customers<br />on spaceflights, and says it has sold around 800 tickets over<br />the past 10 years.<br />
