Branson aims to beat Bezos to space with test flight on July 11th

Billionaire now set to travel beyond Earth’s atmosphere days ahead of space race rival

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos (left), and British billionaire Richard Branson. Photograph: Mandel Ngan and Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos (left), and British billionaire Richard Branson. Photograph: Mandel Ngan and Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images

Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson will travel to the edge of space on Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc’s test flight on July 11th, Branson’s space tourism firm said on Thursday, beating out fellow aspiring billionaire astronaut Jeff Bezos.

A successful flight by Branson aboard Virgin’s VSS Unity spaceplane would mark a key milestone in a race to usher in a new era of private commercial space travel.

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