.Tomorrow, Richard Branson will beat Jeff Bezos into space. For those of you who want to witness this historic moment, you can watch it live.
Branson heads into space on the VSS Unity transported by Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo craft. The 70-year-old will fly with the Unity 22 crew from Spaceport America, New Mexico, United States.
As the outbreak continues, you can watch the history of civilians live in space, via the space.com page or the Virgin Galactic YouTube channel.
Quoted from Space, Friday (9/7/2021) It is not yet known in detail when the Branson Cs departed. But for sure, live streaming has been open since 09.00 EDT or 20.00 WIB on Sunday (11/7/2021).
The plot, VSS Unity will be carried above the height of 50 thousand feet (15 thousand meters) from the surface, after which the aircraft will be released and rocketed into space.
In total, the flight time to land again takes around 90 minutes. Meanwhile, the crew on VSS Unity felt weightless, aka floating, for four minutes.
Be aware, Bezos first announced that he would fly into space with Blue Origin's first manned flight on July 20. But last week Richard Branson announced that he would go into space on July 11, nine days ahead of Bezos' flight.
Although Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin both offer sub-orbital flights, the journeys offered by these two companies have many differences.
For example, Blue Origin will fly its passengers using rockets and capsules, while Virgin Galactic will use VSS Unity which looks like an airplane. Blue Origin's flights will also reach higher altitudes than Virgin Galactic's.
Starting next year, Virgin Galactic hopes to fly 50 passengers into space. The company was given the green light from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly passengers on commercial flights into space.
In addition to Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic has also received many ticket orders from famous figures such as Tom Hanks, Justin Bieber, and Lady Gaga. There are currently 700 people who have signed up to join the Virgin Galactic tour with ticket prices starting at USD 250,000